Jobpocalypse
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Jobpocalypse is a neologism coined in 2025 by the Financial Times describing the widespread technological unemployment expected to caused by advances in AI use in the workplace.[1][2]
According to the Financial Times, entry-level job offers in the U.S. and U.K. have dropped by 33%. Unemployment among university graduates hit a record high, reaching higher than the general unemployment rate for the first time.[2] In the US, the unemployment rate for college graduates was about 5.8% in 2025, a jump of about 30% since 2022.[3] In a survey of more than 850 business leaders across the UK, US, France, Germany, Australia, China and Japan, 41% of bosses reported that AI was allowing them to cut staffing at their firms.[4]
References
[edit]- ^ Wearden, Graeme. "Entry-level workers face AI 'job-pocalypse'; US probes Tesla's self-driving system – as it happened". The Guardian.
- ^ a b "The graduate 'jobpocalypse': Where have all the entry-level jobs gone?". Financial Times. September 29, 2025.
- ^ "The A.I. Jobpocalypse, Building at Anthropic with Mike Krieger and Hard Fork Crimes Division". Hard Fork. The New York Times. May 30, 2025.
- ^ Partridge, Joanna (9 October 2025). "Gen Z faces 'job-pocalypse' as global firms prioritise AI over new hires, report says". The Guardian.
External links
[edit]- How to survive the ‘jobpocalypse’ after graduation Fast Company, María José Gutierrez Chavez, 10-03-2025
See also
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