AI and automation are steadily eliminating entry-level jobs not through layoffs, but by reducing new hiring — with employment for young workers in AI-exposed roles falling 13% between 2022 and 2026. This creates a serious long-term risk: since junior roles are the pipeline through which future senior leaders develop, organizations that automate them away today may face a critical talent gap in the mid-2030s.
Global Youth Employment Trends: AI, Automation and the Vanishing Entry-Level
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