Despite excitement about AI’s potential, both Weston Vogelsonger and his former roommate Nate Ward are struggling to find jobs after graduation. Vogelsonger has submitted around 40 applications with little response, while Ward applies to dozens of jobs each week with only a few interviews. Their challenges reflect a larger trend, as entry-level jobs — especially those AI can perform — have sharply declined.

Our Lynlee Johnson finds students here at UNC-Chapel Hill that are facing the consequences of a global trend — entry-level job decline — to explain the impact of AI on the job market.