Clara Shih

AI Skills Are Becoming the New Entry-Level Hiring Signal

Clara Shih, founder and CEO of the New Work Foundation and former Meta business head, argues that recent graduates are entering a labor market where AI skills have become a decisive hiring signal while traditional entry-level pathways weaken. In a Bloomberg Technology interview with Caroline Hyde, Shih says schools are often failing to prepare students for that shift, even as AI agents take on work once assigned to junior employees and 42% of recent graduates remain underemployed.