AI와 초기 경력 일자리의 미래

In collaboration with PwC

Artificial Intelligence and the
Future of Entry-Level Work:
A Framework for Safeguarding
and Reinventing Early Career
Pathways


I N S I G H T R E P O R T
J U N E  2 0 2 6

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Contents


Foreword                                                                           3

Executive summary                                                                   4

Introduction: Context and framework                                                      6

1 Job access                                                                       10

2 Job design                                                                        16

3 Talent pipelines                                                                    21

4 Education system alignment                                                          28

Call to action                                                                        35

Contributors                                                                        37

Acknowledgments                                                                   38

Endnotes                                                                          40





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  Foreword





                                       Saadia Zahidi                                             Peter Brown
                                       Managing Director                                             Global Workforce Leader
                                         World Economic Forum                           PwC





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