AI is closing the entry door just as hiring cools.

Three shifts will shape workforce plans over the next two years: fewer junior roles, slipping but stubborn EU rules, and a labour market that is softening for now.

The CEO page · three shifts, what they mean, what to decide

01Entry level

AI is thinning the bottom rung of the career ladder.

02Regulation

Europe’s two big workplace rules have slipped, but neither has gone away.

03Labour market

Hiring is stalling and pay growth is easing, for now.

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