Employers Would Rather Hire AI Than Gen Z Graduates: Report [Video]

A significant portion of employers revealed they’d rather hire artificial intelligence robots than bring a Gen Z graduate into the company, according to a new survey.

Roughly 37 percent of employers said they’d rather hire AI than a recent graduate, according to a new survey from Hult International Business School.

Why It Matters

Gen Z, those born between 1997 and 2012, has been criticized harshly in recent years as they enter the workforce for the first time.

A prior Freedom Economy Index report conducted by PublicSquare and RedBalloon discovered that 68 percent of small business owners said Gen Zers were the “least reliable” of all their employees. And 71 percent said these younger workers were the most likely to have a workplace mental health issue.

What To Know

Nearly 40 percent of employers said they’d rather hire a robot than a recent graduate, according to the Hult International Business School report released Tuesday.

The study interviewed 1,600 employers and full-time employers, and 96 percent …