Graduates are managing AI – but are they learning much else?

Some employers are creating graduate jobs focused on building and managing AI agents, even as AI contributes to cuts in other entry-level roles. Graduates in these positions use AI for tasks such as research, reporting and workflow automation, while checking its outputs and helping colleagues apply the tools.

At PR agency Fight or Flight, Lotte Underwood helps manage around 30 agents and monitors how AI tools describe clients; engineering software firm Stride employs Dillan Patel to develop internal agents and identify repetitive work. PwC’s analysis of 2.4 million US entry-level job listings found that roles most influenced by AI were seven times more likely to ask for traditionally senior skills. Those higher-expectation roles grew 35% from 2019, while other entry-level roles fell by 10%.