Young workers are turning toward AI-proof jobs

Entry level jobs are an endangered animal, at least in professions exposed to disruption from AI. While new grads are still seeing opportunities in fields like real estate, utilities and construction, the overall hiring market has been brutal: a whopping 48% of recent college graduates were unemployed (5.6%) or underemployed (42%) and working in jobs that didn’t require a degree in the second quarter of 2026. Indeed, an analysis from Stanford Digital Economy Lab finds young people may b...