Four Ways to Redesign Entry-Level Jobs in the Age of AI

As AI rocks entry-level gigs, Whole Foods exec says the $13.7 billion grocer is offering workers the chance to become butchers, fishmongers, and pizza makers

As tech CEOs predict AI will wipe out millions of roles, about 1,300 Whole Foods employees have been trained in traditional crafts like fishmongering to cake decorating. Other retailers like Lowe’s also have their own trade initiative. The retailer says artisan work is “vital” during a talent shortage and mass automation of human tasks. And it could provide unemployed Gen Zers—who can’t get a corporate gig but hate the idea of becoming a tradie—…

Four ways to redesign entry-level jobs in the age of AI

Over the past few months, a growing number of voices have raised concerns about genAI’s impact on entry-level jobs. Yet, there’s been less attention paid to what companies should be doing about this, such as how to redesign those roles.Deciding not to hire junior workers anymore isn’t a winning strategy. “Firms that do that as a knee jerk and default reaction are just going to lose eventually,” says Matt Beane, associate professor of technology …