Stripe exec says she’s hiring new grads more than ever but she’s ‘sweating’ about the Gen Z talent pipeline—and warns the era of skills is at risk

Recent graduates are sweating over limited job prospects; AI is quickly taking over entry-level roles, and many hiring managers doubt Gen Z’s competency in the workforce. But while tech and junior analyst jobs get swapped out for investments in automation, Stripe’s head of data and AI says she’s all-in on hiring recent graduates at the $91.5 billion financial services company. “I’m actually hiring more new grads—now, they’re largely new grad PhDs—but more new grads than ever before,” Emily Glassberg Sands ...