Fewer job offers for junior roles due to AI, Swiss study shows

Reuters

Wed, June 24, 2026 astatine 4:50 AM CDT 1 min read

ZURICH, June 24 (Reuters) - Fewer inferior positions are being advertised successful Switzerland than earlier ‌2023 arsenic firms progressively follow AI, a ‌study by Swiss occupation portal jobs.ch published connected Wednesday showed.

The ​share of introduction level roles advertised successful Switzerland was 32% little successful 2025 than the mean betwixt 2019 and 2022, which the survey defined arsenic ‌the "pre-AI" phase.

The study, ⁠which looked astatine implicit 7.3 cardinal occupation advertisements, said marketing, administration, concern and ⁠IT were particularly deed by the adoption of AI.

At the aforesaid time, AI skills were progressively ​sought successful ​positions extracurricular of IT ​work and offers for ‌senior positions roseate 26% successful AI-exposed roles successful 2025 compared to the four-year play earlier 2023. Junior positions successful AI-exposed-only roles, fell 16% successful the aforesaid period.

Demand for inferior positions extracurricular of ‌office and probe spaces meantime ​remained strong, peculiarly successful ​healthcare, operation and ​trades with persistent shortages.

When surveying much ‌than 3,600 workers, 41% of ​under 25-year ​olds said they are disquieted astir becoming little invaluable successful the workplace due to the fact that of AI, ​or person what ‌is known arsenic AI "FOBO" - the fearfulness of ​becoming obsolete.

(Reporting by Marleen Kaesebier successful Zurich, ​Editing by Linda Pasquini)