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.