AI Impact on Entry-Level Hiring
- AI is starting to impact job market, specifically entry-level hiring.
- SignalFire's State of Talent Report 2025, based on data from 650M+ professionals across 80M organizations, shows entry-level hiring is collapsing.
- A generational hiring shift is leaving new graduates behind due to smaller funding rounds, shrinking teams, fewer new grad programs, and the rise of AI.
AI Impact on Entry-Level Hiring
- Companies are hiring less overall due to tighter budgets and shorter runways (Series A tech startups are 20% smaller than in 2020).
- AI is contributing to a hiring reset; AI tools are automating routine entry-level tasks.
- Companies are prioritizing high-leverage technical roles in machine learning and data engineering.
- Non-technical roles (recruiting, product, sales) are shrinking, making it harder for early-career talent to break in.
The Changing Nature of Tech Jobs
- Even if AI doesn't eliminate jobs outright, it significantly alters job roles.
- Increased coding efficiency with AI may lead to more coding needs, similar to adding lanes to a highway without resolving traffic.
- AI adoption may cause companies to raise output goals and become less forgiving about deadlines, changing job roles.
AI's Impact on Employees
- AI's impact on employees ranges from dehumanizing to rehumanizing, depending on leadership decisions.
- Companies need to articulate these decisions and engage with employees to gain buy-in.
- Without engagement, there will be more combativeness.