AI took your job

人工智能取代了你的工作。

Today, Explained

2025-08-26

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Hundreds of job applications, but not one call. Young workers are frustrated, scared, and wondering where all the entry-level jobs went. This episode was produced by Miles Bryan and Rebeca Ibarra, edited by Miranda Kennedy, fact checked by Laura Bullard, engineered by Patrick Boyd and Andrea Kristinsdottir, and hosted by Noel King. Listen to Today, Explained ad-free by becoming a Vox Member: vox.com/members. Transcript at vox.com/today-explained-podcast. Jobseekers at the Best Hire Chicago Career Fair. Photo by Jim Vondruska/Bloomberg via Getty Images. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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  • Something very strange is happening in the entry level job market,

  • especially for recent college grads who are looking for white collar jobs.

  • There are these stories about people applying to dozens and dozens of jobs.

  • After graduation, I applied to at least 80 to 100 different jobs.

  • A majority of those jobs haven't bothered in following up or contacting me to schedule an interview.

  • Never hearing anything back.

  • It's just a nightmare.

  • Everything's done with...

  • And wondering what, if anything, AIs got to do with it.

  • Ahead on Today Explained from Vox, why you're having so much trouble getting an entry-level job.

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