Entry-level gap
A drop in hiring for early-career roles in jobs exposed to AI, as AI takes over the routine work that junior people used to learn on.
Also called
- Missing rung
- Canaries in the coal mine
Avoid
Broken rung (McKinsey and LeanIn use it for women passed over for their first promotion to manager)
Related
- The great flattening A wave of restructuring that cuts layers of middle management and gives each remaining manager more people to lead, often with AI named as the reason.