AI’s Silent Assault on Starter Jobs: Will Entry-Level Roles Survive the Automation Wave?
Let me throw this question to all of you first: have you noticed that "entry-level" no longer feels like entry-level? "Every job wants experience, but where do we get that experience if starter roles are vanishing?" is a common statement I hear from candidates. This goes beyond simple annoyance. AI is subtly changing the fundamentals of early-career jobs, according to research and actual hiring trends, and many of us are directly at fault line. What the Data Is Telling Us - and Why It Matters to Us One finding in particular caught my attention when I began looking into recent studies. In positions most susceptible to AI, such as junior coding, customer service, content moderation, and administrative tasks, entry-level hiring has decreased by double digits , according to a Stanford-affiliated investigation. Here is where I would appreciate your opinion: Does this imply that AI is "stealing jobs," or does it highlight the precariousness of our conventional...