Rejected by robots: The shocking truth about Gen Z's job hunt | The Daily T

Plus, is Gen Z judged too harshly when it comes to unemployment? In today’s episode of The Daily T, Camilla Tominey and Rachel Johnson are joined by Sherelle Jacobs, a columnist at The Telegraph. She discusses her experiment applying for entry-level retail roles, exposing how AI algorithms and bureaucratic hurdles lock Gen Z applicants out of the workforce. Plus Camilla and Rachel discuss the broader economic fallout, questioning how rising employer tax burdens and an expanding welfare bill impact the future of working-class employment. 00:00 Intro: Gen Z Unemployment & The "Labour Isn't Working" Parallel 00:04 Cheryl Jacobs' Supermarket Job Experiment 00:12 The Pandemic's Legacy on Youth Employment 00:14 The Collapse of Entry-Level "Muck Jobs" 00:17 The Graduate Jobs Market & Welfare Policy 00:20 Political Discourse, Taxes, and Welfare Reform 00:22 Episode Outro & What's Coming Next15 Hashtags #DailyT #TheTelegraph #GenZ #UnemploymentCrisis #YouthEmployment #JobMarket #UKPolitics #EconomicNews #LabourParty #ConservativeParty #WelfareReform #CareerAdvice #RetailJobs #AIinWorkplace #Podcast500-Character SEO Tags The Telegraph - Podcast Publisher of the Year 2026 ► Subscribe to The Telegraph: https://www.telegraph.co.uk/customer/... ► Get the latest headlines: https://www.telegraph.co.uk/?WT.mc_id... ► Sign up to The Telegraph's free new daily newsletter, From the Editor, bringing you the latest news, features and analysis from the Telegraph newsroom: https://www.telegraph.co.uk/customer/...