{"id":20395,"date":"2025-10-09T15:37:53","date_gmt":"2025-10-09T13:37:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2025\/10\/09\/gen-z-faces-job-pocalypse-as-global-firms-prioritise-ai-over-new-hires-report-says\/"},"modified":"2025-10-09T15:37:53","modified_gmt":"2025-10-09T13:37:53","slug":"gen-z-faces-job-pocalypse-as-global-firms-prioritise-ai-over-new-hires-report-says","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2025\/10\/09\/gen-z-faces-job-pocalypse-as-global-firms-prioritise-ai-over-new-hires-report-says\/","title":{"rendered":"Gen Z faces \u2018job-pocalypse\u2019 as global firms prioritise AI over new hires, report says"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>British Standards Institution study across seven countries found quarter of bosses believe entry-level tasks could be automated to reduce costs<\/p>\n<p>Young people entering the workforce are facing a \u201cjob-pocalypse\u201d, as business leaders invest in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/technology\/artificialintelligenceai\">artificial intelligence (AI)<\/a> rather than new hires, according to a study of global business leaders.<\/p>\n<p>Bosses are prioritising automation through AI to plug skills gaps and allow them to reduce headcount, instead of training up junior members of staff, a report by the British Standards Institution (BSI) found.<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/money\/2025\/oct\/09\/gen-z-face-job-pocalypse-as-global-firms-prioritise-ai-over-new-hires-report-says\">Continue reading&#8230;<\/a><br \/>\n<img src=\"https:\/\/i.guim.co.uk\/img\/media\/9838b2f487ad47b5f03e260391d51a4c8295a2cd\/144_0_6142_4912\/master\/6142.jpg?width=140&amp;quality=85&amp;auto=format&amp;fit=max&amp;s=9d91ae28c964246574b2931586ae92d4\" title=\"Gen Z faces \u2018job-pocalypse\u2019 as global firms prioritise AI over new hires, report says\" \/>British Standards Institution study across seven countries found quarter of bosses believe entry-level tasks could be automated to reduce costs<br \/>\nYoung people entering the workforce are facing a \u201cjob-pocalypse\u201d, as business leaders invest in artificial intelligence (AI) rather than new hires, according to a study of global business leaders.<br \/>\nBosses are prioritising automation through AI to plug skills gaps and allow them to reduce headcount, instead of training up junior members of staff, a report by the British Standards Institution (BSI) found. Continue reading&#8230;Technology | The Guardian<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>British Standards Institution study across seven countries found quarter of bosses believe entry-level tasks could be automated to reduce costs Young people entering the workforce are facing a \u201cjob-pocalypse\u201d, as business leaders invest in artificial intelligence (AI) rather than new hires, according to a study of global business leaders. Bosses are prioritising automation through AI &hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"> <a class=\"\" href=\"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2025\/10\/09\/gen-z-faces-job-pocalypse-as-global-firms-prioritise-ai-over-new-hires-report-says\/\"> <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Gen Z faces \u2018job-pocalypse\u2019 as global firms prioritise AI over new hires, report says<\/span> Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":20396,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20395"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=20395"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20395\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/20396"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=20395"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=20395"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=20395"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}