AI & The Job Market
What the data says about young workers
−14%
Drop in hiring rate for 22–25 year-olds
into AI-exposed occupations since ChatGPT’s release
No unemployment increase
AI is not raising unemployment in exposed occupations. Not yet.
But hiring is slowing
Among 22–25 year-olds, entry into AI-exposed jobs dropped ∼14%.
Not firing. Not hiring.
AI isn’t displacing current workers. It may be closing the door for new ones.
Business school jobs at risk
Financial analysis, marketing research, sales, customer service — all top 10 exposed.
Business schools must act
Not just teach AI tools, but build skills that AI cannot replace.
Our students are next
The 22–25 year-olds in that data were our students. Today’s classrooms are next.
Source: Massenkoff & McCrory (2026), Labor market impacts of AI. Anthropic.
This Anthropic report introduces “observed exposure,” a measure of actual AI adoption derived from millions of real Claude conversations mapped to occupational tasks. The headline finding: AI is not yet causing detectable layoffs, but it is quietly reducing entry-level hiring in exposed occupations. For business schools, this is a call to rethink curricula around the skills AI cannot replicate.