📡 On my Radar
A few years ago, I couldn't hire my best recent grads at The Difference Engine. They'd finish their work with us and I'd watch them field competing offers from Fortune 500 companies, Presidential Management Fellowships, and prestigious nonprofits. My biggest problem was trying to convince them to stay just a little longer before they launched into careers that wanted them.
Today those same amazing students are struggling to find any entry-level position.
AI is a boon to student productivity and creativity, but companies are also using it as an excuse to systematically eliminate entry-level jobs. Using payroll data from 25 million workers, Stanford found a 16% decline in employment for workers aged 22-25 in AI-exposed fields since ChatGPT launched.1
Law firms are hiring less law students and paralegals. Software companies that used to compete for my graduates are now asking, "Why hire a junior developer when GPT can vibe code almost as well?"
AI is taking jobs, but only the ones that require the least experience. For now.
The effects also play out around class lines. Wealthy students can afford extended job searches. Working-class kids who need immediate income are getting squeezed out of the very entry points previous generations used to build careers.
Companies that receive tax breaks or government contracts should leverage the increased efficiency of AI to invest in entry-level hiring. If they want public support, they should invest in public futures.
📈 By the Numbers
👊🏽 Make a Difference
13 jobs | 2 opportunities | 1 fellowship
JOB (2) | Brian Fishman shares two positions at OpenAI in trust and safety: Manager, User Safety & Risk Operations in San Francisco, leading Safety Response Operations and Emerging Risk Operations teams, and Trust & Safety Operations Analyst roles available in SF, Dublin, and Singapore.
JOB | Sam Polk at Everytable seeks an exceptional email marketing expert skilled in both D2C retention/lifecycle marketing and B2B high-volume outreach, list building, and managing dozens of campaigns.
JOB | Grande Lum shares a Director of Business Development and ADR Services position at the American Arbitration Association.
OPPORTUNITY | Applications open for the Dubai Centre for Artificial Intelligence Accelerator Program's 2nd cycle - an 8-week, fully funded program for global AI startups to design government service solutions with zero equity taken and full sponsorship for travel and accommodation.
JOB | Carnegie Corporation of New York is hiring a Vice President, National Programs in New York with a salary range of $375,000-$400,000 to advance knowledge and understanding at one of America's oldest grantmaking foundations.
JOB | Headspace is hiring a Strategic Partnerships Lead to build impactful collaborations and expand access to mental health support, requiring proven experience with Consumer and/or Healthcare partnerships.
JOB | The Joan B. Kroc School of Peace Studies at the University of San Diego seeks a tenure-track Associate Professor in Social Innovation starting September 2026, focusing on global challenges through social entrepreneurship, sustainability, and leadership innovation.
OPPORTUNITY | ClimateWorks Foundation's Adaptation & Resilience Fund announces two RFPs with up to $9M available for building urban resilience to extreme heat across South Asia, Southeast Asia, and Sub-Saharan Africa.
JOB | Grande Lum also shares a Campus Director position at Art of Problem Solving's Santa Clara Academy.
shares the 2026 MAP Fellowship, a six-month project-based program for early- to mid-career professionals to partner with seasoned nonprofit leaders on organizational challenges.JOB | The Rockefeller Foundation is hiring a Managing Director, Global Economic Recovery in Washington DC.
JOB | Jenny Mattingley seeks a Director of Government Affairs at the Partnership for Public Service.
JOB | Meta seeks a strategic and action-oriented policy professional for their Privacy & Data Policy Product Strategy team as a Messaging Policy Manager.
🤓 This is Your Next
Tales of Two Americas: Stories of Inequality in a Divided Nation, by John Freeman.
🙌🏽 FairNation
A program about to lose its federal funding. Funding programs like this not only makes life easier for kids with autism, doing so funds health advancements exported to other countries making America economically competitive.
Experienced workers are weathering the storm a lot better since AI is less useful at replacing experience. For now.