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What business leaders are getting wrong about AI’s impact on entry-level jobs

Companies that fail to reshape early-career roles for the AI economy risk cutting off their future talent pipeline.

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The loudest voices in today’s AI debate warn that entry-level jobs are disappearing and that young workers will be the first casualties of automation.

It is a compelling narrative, but it is incomplete. AI has created a new set of early career opportunities that employers will ignore at their peril.

According to LinkedIn’s 2026 Labor Market Report, employers created at least 1.3........

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