SEPTEMBER 2025 MARKET BRIEF

The new divide in U.S. hiring

Learn how generative AI is redrawing the path for early-career candidates.


Insights from a million offers from Fortune 100 companies reveal AI’s impact on global hiring.

Why it matters: 

AI is gutting entry-level jobs, starving the next generation of leaders and forcing a reset of compensation models before companies fall behind.

Key insights:

  • Global hiring has fallen three straight quarters since peaking in Q2 2024.

  • Junior U.S. hiring is down 52% since Q1 2022. Senior hiring is up 9%.

  • In H1 2025, nearly every top offer went to AI and software engineers, proving a shift in priorities.

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