entry-level

[en-tree-lev-uhl]

adjective

1. of, relating to, or filling a low-level job in which an employee may gain experience or skills.

   This year's college graduates have a limited choice of entry-level jobs.

2. suitable for or affordable by people buying or entering the market for the first time.

   These less expensive entry-level homes sell quite well.

3. relatively simple in design, limited in capability, and low in cost.

   entry-level home computers and word processors.

entry-level

adjective

1. (of a job or worker) at the most elementary level in a career structure

2. (of a product) characterized by being at the most appropriate level for use by a beginner

   an entry-level camera

Example Sentences

“There’s this AI arms race, and the fact of the matter is entry-level people aren’t going to help you win it,” says Matt Massucci, CEO of the tech recruiting firm Hirewell.

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Artificial intelligence could also threaten many entry-level opportunities.

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The plaintiffs argue that graduates from the film school are unable to receive entry-level positions, citing an internal report which shows that most graduates earn $5,000 or less in their field of study.

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Economists and tech executives, though, have pointed to other factors affecting hiring, including economic uncertainty from tariffs, a shift in investments and the rise of AI tools that could complete tasks typically filled by entry-level workers.

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Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei, whose company markets the Claude chatbot, once warned that AI would wipe out half of all entry-level white-collar occupations.

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