"While she admitted that many of the responsibilities that previously defined entry-level jobs can now be automated, IBM has since rewritten its roles across sectors to account for AI fluency. For example, software engineers will spend less time on routine coding-and more on interacting with customers, and HR staffers will work more on intervening with chatbots, rather than having to answer every question. The shift, LaMoreaux said, builds more durable skills for workers while creating greater long-term value for the company."
""The companies three to five years from now that are going to be the most successful are those companies that doubled down on entry-level hiring in this environment," Nickle LaMoreaux, IBM's chief human resources officer, said this week. "We are tripling our entry-level hiring, and yes, that is for software developers and all these jobs we're being told AI can do.""
Unemployment among young college graduates is about 5.6%, near a decade high outside the pandemic, while executives predict AI will eliminate many entry-level roles. IBM is increasing Gen Z hiring and tripling entry-level recruitment, including software developers, by rewriting roles to require AI fluency. Software engineers will focus less on routine coding and more on customer interaction; HR staff will manage chatbot interventions rather than answer every query. The role redesign aims to build durable skills and long-term company value. AI literacy is the fastest-growing skill, and applicants who demonstrate AI initiative may gain advantage in a tight market.
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