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As AI permeates workplaces and industries, HR is tasked with ensuring AI adoption keeps pace with the evolution of the technology. A recent survey highlights a talent pool with a significant “appetite” to embrace AI: entry-level professionals, particularly those without college degrees.
Generation is a nonprofit with a network of affiliates that span 17 countries and that offers training and job placement for candidates who may face barriers to employment. The organization surveyed 5,500 alumni who graduated the program in the last two years and are now in entry-level roles across a range of tech and non-tech professions, finding that 65% are using artificial intelligence in the workplace.
An appetite for AI adoption
While AI may be considered to be a tool most commonly deployed among desk workers, the survey data clearly suggests that AI adoption is largely welcomed among entry-level employees across professions, including in healthcare, customer service, tech, green jobs and skilled trades. Most respondents do not have four-year degrees.
Mona Mourshed, Generation’s founding CEO, says that about half of those surveyed have taken the initiative to adopt AI themselves, while others rely on employer-provided tools or a mix of both. What stands out even more, Mourshed says,
