{"id":1003277,"date":"2026-04-16T11:26:36","date_gmt":"2026-04-16T05:56:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/?p=1003277"},"modified":"2026-04-16T11:26:36","modified_gmt":"2026-04-16T05:56:36","slug":"entry-level-it-roles-down-20-25-as-ai-pushes-india-toward-specialised-hiring","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/2026\/04\/16\/entry-level-it-roles-down-20-25-as-ai-pushes-india-toward-specialised-hiring\/","title":{"rendered":"Entry-level IT roles down 20\u201325% as AI pushes India toward specialised hiring"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>For decades, India\u2019s $300 billion IT outsourcing industry has run on a simple promise: deliver reliable software at scale using a vast pool of skilled, low-cost talent. That model created millions of entry-level jobs and helped build a new middle class.<\/p>\n<p>Now, artificial intelligence is beginning to redraw that equation.<\/p>\n<p>The shift is no longer theoretical. AI tools are already handling a significant share of routine technology work, reducing the need for large teams of junior engineers. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>For decades, India\u2019s $300 billion IT outsourcing industry has run on a simple promise: deliver reliable software at scale using a vast pool of skilled, low-cost talent. That model created millions of entry-level jobs and helped build a new middle class. Now, artificial intelligence is beginning to redraw that equation. The shift is no longer theoretical. AI tools are already handling a significant share of routine technology work, reducing the need for large teams of junior engineers.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":11,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[55,13,4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1003277","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-it-2-live-mint","category-live-mint","category-newspapers"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1003277","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/11"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1003277"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1003277\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1003277"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1003277"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1003277"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}