During my first semester as a Research Coordinator intern at CCWT, I assisted with a project examining how artificial intelligence is reshaping the job market, with a focus on entry-level, white-collar positions. My primary responsibility was to conduct a literature review managed through Zotero, an online reference management tool.
Since it was my first time using Zotero, I initially needed time to understand its features and functionalities. Through YouTube tutorials and online articles, I became proficient in saving citations directly from web pages, organizing sources into thematic folders, and summarizing each article. In previous literature reviews, I had relied on box folders and Excel spreadsheets. Zotero streamlined this workflow, making reference management far more efficient.
In total, I reviewed twelve articles. Brynjolfsson et al. (2025) investigated the impact of automation on entry-level jobs and the implications for talent pipelines. Using payroll data, they found that younger workers in AI-exposed occupations experienced the sharpest declines in employment compared to older workers in the same fields or peers of the same age in less exposed occupations. Valentine (2025) explored how AI alters the qualitative dimensions of the employment relationship, fundamentally reshaping the social contract between employers and employees. She highlighted the risks of social inequities that may arise if AI adoption is inadequately governed. Babasahi et al. (2024) adopted a prescriptive lens, analyzing skill transformations across different sectors and recommending education, training, and workforce structures to ease the transition in the labor market.
References
Babasahi, M., et al. (2024). AI in the Workplace: A Systematic Review of Skill Transformation in the Industry. AI in the workplace: Administrative Sciences, 14(6), 127. https://doi.org/10.3390/admsci14060127
Brynjolfsson, E., Chandar, B., & Chen, R. (2025). Canaries in the coal mine? Six facts about the recent decline in AI-exposed employment. Stanford Digital Economy Lab. https://digitaleconomy.stanford.edu/publications/canaries-in-the-coal-mine/
Valentine, M. (2025). When an AI “Agentforce” enters the workforce: Generative AI, employment relations, and the changing social contract. Journal of Organization Design. https://doi.org/10.1007/s41469-025-00196-2