One in Three Young Professionals Fears AI Will Stall Their Career. OLX Responds with AI Tools

Young people entering the job market fear artificial intelligence more than their older office-sector colleagues. A survey commissioned by OLX Praca found that one in three younger professionals believes AI will affect their career negatively, and nearly a third admit they don't feel ready for the changes ahead.

What the survey found

The OLX Praca report, titled "Decisions That Pay Off," is based on online and phone interviews conducted by the SW Research institute among 626 office workers. Only 5 percent of respondents feel fully prepared for the changes brought by artificial intelligence, while 20 percent openly admit they are not prepared at all.

Among younger professionals, these figures look worse. 29 percent of this group say they are not ready for AI-related changes, and only 2-3 percent feel fully prepared. By comparison, across the whole surveyed population, 26 percent point to a negative impact of AI on the job market, 22 percent see a positive impact, and 45 percent see neither opportunities nor threats.

A first job under algorithmic pressure

The survey's authors note that the development of artificial intelligence is helping to shrink the number of entry-level positions, the roles dominated by repetitive tasks that are easy to automate. These are precisely the positions that most often launch the careers of people entering the job market, so their disappearance hits young workers harder than it does those with an established position.

Despite these worries, younger professionals are not rushing en masse to look for new jobs. Only 16-17 percent of them are actively job hunting, and half say they currently are not. Still, more than half, 54 percent, say that changing employers would carry the risk of losing professional stability, which explains this caution.

Employers, instead of treating AI as a tool for cutting entry-level employment, should invest in developing digital skills - Konrad Grygo, senior business analyst at OLX Praca

OLX's response: AI tools for candidates

On June 25, 2026, OLX Praca rolled out two new AI-based solutions aimed specifically at job seekers. The first, "Practice the Interview," is a job interview simulator that analyzes a candidate's CV, matches it against a specific job listing, and generates tailored interview questions, letting users practice their answers, emotional control, and eye contact.

The second tool, "Rate My CV," flags areas of the application document that need improvement and suggests how to better match the CV to a chosen job listing and to the ATS systems recruiters use for initial candidate screening. Both tools are available free of charge before a candidate submits an application.

Technology, used properly, can be real support both for companies and for people looking for work - Konrad Grygo, senior business analyst at OLX Praca

What it means for Poland's job market

The features are aimed primarily at specialists and office workers in the IT, finance, HR, and education sectors, the industries most exposed to the automation of repetitive tasks. OLX Praca also points to a broader context of employment uncertainty: 44 percent of Poles are considering changing jobs within the next year, but only 12 percent are actively looking.

This data fits into a broader picture of Poland's job market, where young people increasingly face a barrier to entry before they even get the chance to gain their first experience. The tools offered by recruitment platforms may ease part of this stress, but they do not solve the underlying problem of shrinking entry-level positions.

For employers, the signal echoes OLX's own recommendation: investing in reskilling and building the digital competencies of younger workers may prove cheaper and more effective than abandoning entry-level hiring altogether. As the survey shows, the absence of such action deepens the sense of insecurity among those just starting their careers.