Most companies treating entry-level hiring cuts as a cost-saving decision are not accounting for what those roles were actually building. The junior hire you pass on today is the senior leader you cannot find in 2030. Here is what the data shows and what the organizations getting this right are doing differently.

The AI data center buildout is generating more engineering and construction jobs than almost any other force in the current market. Civil engineers, MEP teams, and commercial construction professionals are at the center of it, and the window to get on the right projects is open right now.