本文探讨了生成式人工智能（AI）对Z世代科技求职者带来的影响。由于AI在软件任务中的自动化，以及亚马逊等公司使用AI工具导致劳动力缩减，年轻的科技从业者正面临着严峻的就业挑战。文章通过采访26岁的软件工程师Jonathan等案例，揭示了Z世代求职者在寻找入门级工作或实习时所遇到的困难，包括申请数量增加、回应减少以及失业率上升等问题。文章强调了科技职业不再是“铁饭碗”，需要通过努力和人脉才能获得机会。

🤔 Z世代科技求职面临严峻挑战：由于AI技术的发展和应用，如亚马逊等公司使用生成式AI工具，导致科技行业的就业市场竞争加剧，Z世代求职者面临更大的就业压力。

💡 计算机科学毕业生失业率上升：文章指出，美国计算机科学专业毕业生的失业率高达6.1%，高于全国平均水平，这反映了科技行业就业形势的变化和挑战。

💼 求职过程的困境与应对：通过Jonathan的案例，文章揭示了Z世代求职者在寻找工作时遇到的困难，包括需要投递大量简历、获得的回应少以及被解雇等经历。许多年轻人不得不调整职业规划，以获得更多的工作经验。

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As my daughter can attest, it's a tough job market out there. She's a mechanical engineer, which seems steady demand-wise. But many of her college friends are struggling to find that crucial entry-level job or internship. Some are wondering if computer science and similar courses were the right decision, with AI automating software tasks at companies.

Just look at what's happening at Amazon. CEO Andy Jassy said this week that his corporate workforce will shrink over the next few years as the company uses more generative AI tools and agents.

Not so coincidentally, Business Insider just spent weeks interviewing Gen Z tech job seekers as AI transforms early-career experiences across the industry. Our findings are a must-read for anyone looking to break in here and find success.

Jonathan, a 26-year-old software engineer, is emblematic of what we discovered. (He's not authorized to speak to the media, so we removed his last name.) After earning his degree in 2022, he sent out nearly 300 applications and got 12 responses. It took three months to land a full-time tech role. Less than a year later, he lost that job due to his employer shutting an office. Then, he found himself repeating the process, this time applying to 600 jobs and hearing back from only five.

"Everyone tells you to get into computer science. That's where all the money is at, that's where the jobs are at," Jonathan told BI. "It's a lot harder than they make it out to be."

He's not alone. Recent computer science grads face a 6.1% unemployment rate in the US, higher than the national average. Wow. I never thought I'd see a stat like that.

Jonathan now works in defense tech, not the video game industry he originally aspired to join. Like many of his peers, he's focused on gaining experience — any experience.

It's looking like a tech career is evolving from a sure thing into something similar to every other type of job: You have to hustle and network to get your foot in the door, and then work like hell to stay employed and build steadily from there.

What else should you do as an aspiring tech worker? Our Gen Z survey story doesn't have all the answers, but there's great advice in here.