The Vanishing First Step: Why AI Is Redefining the Start of a Career
A new reality is transforming the job market. The race for work now includes machines, and Gen Z is feeling the pressure in 2025. The first jobs in a career are shifting. Entry-level roles are increasingly automated into lines of code, and the impact is impossible to ignore. Tasks once handled by graduates have been taken over by artificial intelligence.
Companies are pouring billions into artificial intelligence rather than new hires. Artificial intelligence automation and the global market are changing the very foundation model of the job market. Companies are looking for highly skilled professionals who are sharp and adaptive.
Experts are warning of a looming job apocalypse. Apocalypse is a major challenge for Gen. Z that could redefine work for them. Earlier, you studied hard and you landed a job, and if you worked harder, you could move higher in the ladder of career. For Gen Z, the first step into the workforce is starting to vanish. Artificial intelligence is taking the entry-level job and turning it into a code. The spreadsheets, the admin, the research work that once taught you how a company runs are now done faster, cheaper, and with much more accuracy.
A new global study puts it bluntly. Business leaders are choosing artificial intelligence over new hires. Four in 10 bosses say that artificial Intelligence allows them to cut the number of employees, in a survey of more than 850 business leaders across seven countries. 31% those surveyed said that their organizations looked for artificial intelligence solutions before hiring. 2/5 of them say that junior roles have been reduced or cut, and a quarter of them believe that entry-level jobs will soon be automated. This is according to a British Standards Institution survey of 850 business leaders. The survey was conducted across the United States, the UK, France, Germany, China, Japan, and Australia.
AI-driven tools are delivering more productivity; hence, organizations are preferring them. A similar challenge is faced by India’s dollar 280 billion IT industry. It is time for the IT professionals to rethink their careers and career growth.
Let us discuss the five ways in which employees can face the AI challenge.
- Professionals need to adapt AI in their daily work and make it their baseline.
- Invest in an AI certification that gives them hands-on experience that is directly tied to solving real business problems.
- Professionals need to be multi-dimensional, who don’t stick to one domain but are agile to work across adjacent ones.
- Professionals need to adapt to AI fluency, domain knowledge, and consulting skills.
- Professionals should not wait for their employers to reskill them; instead, they should accept that work has changed due to artificial intelligence.
Overall, the challenge is not just to get hired but to stay ahead of the machine.
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