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Fortune
Preston Fore

Gen Z’s hiring hell is real: 1 in 3 employers admit they’re replacing entry-level roles with AI—and tech and manufacturing jobs are most at risk

young woman looking frustrated while working on her laptop at home (Credit: Jose Calsina)

For Gen Z, the job market has looked more resilient than many feared. The unemployment rate hasn’t skyrocketed, and some of the bleakest predictions about AI wiping out entry-level jobs—including warnings from Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei and OpenAI CEO Sam Altman—have been tempered by a labor market that has held up better than expected.

However, a new report from the Graduate Management Admission Council is throwing a wrench into that optimism.

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