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AI is changing entry-level jobs in professional services, not eliminating them

9/7/2026

The fear that artificial intelligence would eliminate the first rung of knowledge-work careers is meeting its real test.

In professional services (the broad term for businesses that sell expertise, including law firms and consulting practices), leading companies are already adjusting how early-career positions are structured.

The picture coming back from those firms is one of transformation, not removal. The short version: the entry-level job survives. What it asks of the person holding it has changed.

Displacement and transformation are different outcomes. Displacement means the position is gone.

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