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Clara Shih discusses the implications of AI on job prospects for Gen Z and how to navigate the evolving hiring landscape.

For years, tech CEOs have promised that AI will take on the menial, repetitive tasks that have long been a part of office life. Typically, those tasks are assigned to younger, less experienced workers—and poll after poll shows Gen Z is increasingly concerned about what AI will mean for their job prospects. Clara Shih says those fears are, at least partly, justified. As the former head of Meta's Business AI Group, and the CEO of Salesforce AI before that, Shih knows firsthand how companies are deploying AI and where it's affecting hiring. Now, as the founder of the New Work Foundation, Shih is building tools to help young workers navigate this complex hiring maze. In conversation with Nicholas Thompson, CEO of The Atlantic, Shih details the skills students should focus on to prepare for the AI era, how employees can leverage the technology, and why more people—of all ages—might soon find themselves working for an algorithm. Produced independently of The Atlantic’s editorial staff. (0:00) Introduction (02:35) What New Work Foundation is doing for Gen Z job seekers (04:00) Is your major cooked? Testing the "Field Report" tool (06:50) What AI exposure scores don’t capture (10:20) How…

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Host: Nicholas Thompson

Guest: Clara Shih

Topics covered

• AI and employment
• job prospects for Gen Z
• skills for the AI era
• impact of AI on hiring
• New Work Foundation
• college education and AI

Keywords

• AI
• job hiring
• Gen Z
• New Work Foundation
• skills development
• college education
• employment challenges

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Meta, Salesforce AI, New Work Foundation, The Atlantic

Places: Gen Z

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