Your Company Is Using AI to Skip Junior Hires. You'll Regret That in 5 Years.

The ServiceNow CEO just told CNBC something worth sitting with. Graduate unemployment is currently around 5.7%. He thinks it could hit 30% in the next couple of years. Not because of a recession. Because AI agents are doing the entry-level work. And most companies are treating this as good news. I think it's a trap. The Numbers Are Already Moving This isn't a prediction about a distant future. It's already happening: US job postings down 32% since ChatGPT launched in 2022 58% of 2024–2025 graduates still looking for their first job Applications per role up 26% while postings fell 16% ServiceNow eliminated 90% of human customer service use cases 3 billion AI agents predicted in enterprises by 2030 Every one of these numbers makes sense from a short-term business perspective. Why hire a junior developer to write boilerplate when Copilot does it in seconds? Why hire a junior analyst when Claude drafts the report? Why hire a junior customer service rep when an agent handles 90% of tickets?