What will happen if AI eliminates entry-level jobs?

Published Updated 3 Min Read

Young employees at work.
Adobe Stock

It’s no secret that the younger generation is the most comfortable using and working with artificial intelligence, but they may not get the chance to put their knowledge to good use if AI eliminates their jobs first. 

Seventy-eight percent of hiring managers anticipate that AI will lead to layoffs of recent college graduates within the next year, according to a survey of 804 recruiters in the U.S. from workplace insight platform Intelligent.com. Among them, 27% anticipate layoffs to reach up to 10% of young talent, with 6% even reporting that 70% or more of recent graduates could lose their jobs.

Paola Peralta
Associate Editor

Paola Peralta is an Associate Editor at Employee Benefit News and has been with the team for five years. She is a proud UCF journalism graduate who got her start through a Dow Jones News Fund … Read full bio


For reprint and licensing requests for this article, click here.


More From Employee Benefit News

Sign Up Form

Login Modal Form