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Gen Z shifts from universities to skilled trades to AI-proof careers

Generation Z is losing interest in university degrees and increasingly pursuing skilled trades like plumbing and carpentry to prepare for an AI-disrupted job market, according to The Economist.

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Generation Z is losing interest in university degrees and increasingly pursuing skilled trades like plumbing and carpentry to prepare for an AI-disrupted job market, according to The Economist.
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