College grads shut out of AI-exposed majors since 2022 are ending up in retail and food service instead of the white-collar jobs they studied for

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College grads shut out of AI-exposed majors since 2022 are ending up in retail and food service instead of the white-collar jobs they studied forWorldPing
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What happened

Entry-level hiring dried up after ChatGPT, and graduates who majored in those fields are settling for lower-paying service work instead.

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  • Reported by Fortune and published Thu, 17 Sep 2026 18:28:45 UTC.

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