AI's disruptive impact on youth employment: Emerging evidence and organizational responses
09/24/25 at 03:00 AM
AI's disruptive impact on youth employment: Emerging evidence and organizational responses
Forbes, by Jonathan H. Westover, PhD; 9/23/25
... The AI-Employment Shift: What We Know
The stats are in—and they're sobering. New research analyzing high-frequency payroll data shows early-career workers (ages 22-25) in AI-exposed occupations have experienced a 13% relative employment decline since generative AI's widespread adoption. Meanwhile, more experienced workers in those same roles have remained largely unaffected. In my consulting work with Fortune 500 companies, I've witnessed this firsthand. ...
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