This article covers the 20 countries with the highest starting salaries for graduates. It looks at recent employment and labor market trends, as well as highly rewarding companies that recruit fresh graduates. The article also discusses the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the global economy, including labor shortages, rising global inflation rates and unemployment rates, productivity constraints, and declining quality of work. It also looks at the growth of the big data analytics and artificial intelligence industry, which is expected to reach a valuation of $745.15 billion by 2030.