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Students finishing at Fresno City College are heading into a job market they describe as rough, and AI has become one more thing to worry about as they pick a career path. The State Center Community College District's own labor researcher says the jobs are there, especially in career technical education, but the students and the openings aren't finding each other.",[47,75,77],{"id":76},"second-time-through","Second time through",[68,79,80],{},"Some of these students are on their second try. Alley Gonzalez graduated from Fresno State but didn't want to teach. So she enrolled at Fresno City College and earned a paralegal degree.",[68,82,83],{},"She isn't panicking.",[68,85,86],{},"\"I'm not like so afraid that I'm never going to get a job, even with like AI or with like how bad the job market is,\" Gonzalez told the station. \"Because it's like eventually I'll find something.\"",[47,88,90],{"id":89},"what-the-districts-numbers-show","What the district's numbers show",[68,92,93],{},"Patricia Salinas works with the Center for Labor Market Research at the State Center Community College District, which runs Fresno City College. The jobs aren't the problem, she said.",[68,95,96],{},"\"We have over 73,000 jobs currently in our CTE areas, career technical education are currently open and available for students,\" she told the station.",[68,98,99],{},"The highest demand, according to Salinas, is in healthcare, business, transportation and technology. 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They're focused on getting through college and not on what comes next.",[68,117,118],{},"Salinas put it bluntly.",[68,120,121],{},"\"It's not a guessing game anymore,\" she said. \"It's not 'I'm going to automatically have a job when I'm done. 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The State Center district's labor researcher says the openings exist, but students often don't know where they are.","md","college-students-folders-campus-steps-368d4c",{},true,"\u002Fnews\u002Ffresno-city-college-grads-worry-about-ai-as-district-counts-73000-open-cte-jobs","---\nauthor: CVAI Education Desk\ndate: '2026-11-10'\ndateModified: '2026-11-10'\ndescription: Students finishing at Fresno City College told KSEE\u002FKGPE that AI adds\n  to their job worries. The State Center district's labor researcher says the openings\n  exist, but students often don't know where they are.\nimage: college-students-folders-campus-steps-368d4c\nsection: education\ntags:\n- education\n- fresno\n- jobs\ntitle: Fresno City College grads worry about AI as district counts 73,000 open CTE\n  jobs\n---\n\n# Fresno City College grads worry about AI as district counts 73,000 open CTE jobs\n\n## Key Takeaways\n\n1. Fresno City College students told KSEE\u002FKGPE that AI is one more worry as they choose careers in a tough job market.\n2. The State Center Community College District's labor researcher counts more than 73,000 open jobs in career technical education fields.\n3. Healthcare, business, transportation and technology have the highest workforce demand, but many students lack the skills for those jobs.\n4. Fresno City College staff say many students can't say what job their major leads to.\n\n\"That's honestly a big scare is the AI, and it's just in the art and writing, it's just taking over so much,\" Phoenix Carmem, a Fresno City College student, told KSEE\u002FKGPE as graduation season arrived this year.\n\nCarmem isn't alone. Students finishing at Fresno City College are heading into a job market they describe as rough, and AI has become one more thing to worry about as they pick a career path. The State Center Community College District's own labor researcher says the jobs are there, especially in career technical education, but the students and the openings aren't finding each other.\n\n## Second time through\n\nSome of these students are on their second try. Alley Gonzalez graduated from Fresno State but didn't want to teach. So she enrolled at Fresno City College and earned a paralegal degree.\n\nShe isn't panicking.\n\n\"I'm not like so afraid that I'm never going to get a job, even with like AI or with like how bad the job market is,\" Gonzalez told the station. \"Because it's like eventually I'll find something.\"\n\n## What the district's numbers show\n\nPatricia Salinas works with the Center for Labor Market Research at the State Center Community College District, which runs Fresno City College. The jobs aren't the problem, she said.\n\n\"We have over 73,000 jobs currently in our CTE areas, career technical education are currently open and available for students,\" she told the station.\n\nThe highest demand, according to Salinas, is in healthcare, business, transportation and technology. The gap she describes sits on the student side: many don't know what the local labor market looks like, and they don't have the skills those openings call for. Her center sends labor market data back to the district's colleges so programs keep pace.\n\n\"We provide labor market data for our colleges so that they are providing the best up-to-date programs that are relevant for our students,\" Salinas said.\n\n## The question counselors ask first\n\nCounselors at the college say they're trying to get kids to think past the major to the job attached to it. Martin Herb, an office specialist at FCC, starts with the same two questions.\n\n\"My first questions usually to them is what their major is. Once they answer that, I ask them, 'Well, what do they plan on doing with that?'\" Herb said.\n\nA lot of students don't have an answer, according to Herb. They're focused on getting through college and not on what comes next.\n\nSalinas put it bluntly.\n\n\"It's not a guessing game anymore,\" she said. \"It's not 'I'm going to automatically have a job when I'm done. 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Workshops have drawn 300+ instructors and new social-impact courses are in the queue.","\u002Fnews\u002Fcsu-fresno-faculty-fold-ai-into-classes-bring-back-oral-exams-and-blue-books",[170,11,288],"CSU Fresno faculty fold AI into classes, bring back oral exams and blue books",{"alt":308,"focus":309,"id":310},"Diverse students seated at tiered wooden desks listen as a blurred instructor in the foreground gestures",{"x":199,"y":280},"students-lecture-hall-professor-gesturing-d33233",{"date":312,"description":313,"path":314,"section":170,"tags":315,"title":316,"photo":317},"2026-10-10","Fresno Unified, Clovis Unified, Selma Unified and Sanger Unified outline early AI use in classrooms. Leaders say the goal is support, not shortcuts.","\u002Fnews\u002Ffresno-county-districts-test-ai-with-guardrails-from-copilot-to-teacher-training",[170,11,262],"Fresno County districts test AI with guardrails, from Copilot to teacher training",{"alt":318,"focus":319,"id":320},"Teenage students at wooden desks working on laptops and tablets in a sunlit classroom with a whiteboard",{"x":256,"y":256},"high-school-students-laptops-classroom-05ce53",{"date":322,"description":323,"path":324,"section":170,"tags":325,"title":327,"photo":328},"2026-09-16","KBAK\u002FKBFX posted a one-question poll asking if parents are comfortable with their child using AI as a friend, as local districts roll out AI guidance.","\u002Fnews\u002Fbakersfieldnow-asks-parents-if-theyre-ok-with-ai-friend-for-kids",[6,170,326],"parents","BakersfieldNow asks parents if they’re OK with AI ‘friend’ for kids",{"alt":329,"focus":330,"id":332},"Three teenage students share a laptop at a classroom desk while classmates sit in rows behind them",{"x":331,"y":199},0.52,"teen-students-laptop-classroom-e115df",1794293062408]