Oct 19, 2026 · 27 min · 9 segments
On Point news analyst Jack Beatty looks into the impact that AI is having on the job market for Gen Z graduates and the difference that choice of college major can make. \*\** Thank you for…
Jack BeattyPanelist
Meghna ChakrabartiHost
Well, the unemployment rate for recent college grads, it's nearly twice as high as for grads overall.
Indeed, the hiring rate for Gen Z grads is as low as it was after the Great Recession.
It may be keeping young people from landing even a low place on that ladder of opportunity.
I mean, they have millions of data points about who's getting jobs, in which field, and so on.
And that's, of course, reflected in the unemployment rate, which still remains relatively low.
But employment of workers 22 to 25 in AI-exposed occupation stands at, well, about 20% below where it would be compared to their less exposed peers.
new workers and we'll get into why and what's going on they're not hiring them and they're not firing people either they're keeping incumbent employees there seems to be a tilt toward you know using the people who are already there And the hypothesis there is that companies are understanding the difference between tacit knowledge and codified knowledge.
Tacit knowledge being what the incumbent employee has about just how we do things around here.
Seniority, even older employees who have it, AI can't do it, but codified knowledge.
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Well, the unemployment rate for recent college grads, it's nearly twice as high as for grads overall.
Indeed, the hiring rate for Gen Z grads is as low as it was after the Great Recession.
It may be keeping young people from landing even a low place on that ladder of opportunity.
I mean, they have millions of data points about who's getting jobs, in which field, and so on.
And that's, of course, reflected in the unemployment rate, which still remains relatively low.
But employment of workers 22 to 25 in AI-exposed occupation stands at, well, about 20% below where it would be compared to their less exposed peers.
new workers and we'll get into why and what's going on they're not hiring them and they're not firing people either they're keeping incumbent employees there seems to be a tilt toward you know using the people who are already there And the hypothesis there is that companies are understanding the difference between tacit knowledge and codified knowledge.
Tacit knowledge being what the incumbent employee has about just how we do things around here.
Seniority, even older employees who have it, AI can't do it, but codified knowledge.
there
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