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Ghost jobs — positions employers have no intention of filling — are plaguing employment platforms and making job searches even harder. Why It Hurts: Despite job openings increasing per the Department of Labor, job seekers in several white-collar industries are sharing a different story — one where job searches stretch for months, prospective employers simply stop responding, and […]
Both employers and workers have embraced TikTok as a hiring platform, positioning the app as LinkedIn for young people looking to show off their creativity in applications. Why It Hits: Swamped job postings on LinkedIn and impersonal AI screenings for interviews have made finding a job not through a personal connection feel impossible. Public TikTok video applications could give […]
The Future. Despite only being around for about two years, AI systems like ChatGPT and Midjourney are already taking away a significant number of jobs from freelancers — an issue affecting 38% of Americans. If AI becomes even more widespread, low-skilled, task-driven work may soon only be the purview of chatbots. Gigs for gigabytesFinding a […]
The Future. Young people, especially Gen Zers, are looking to skilled trade work as an appealing alternative to joining the professional class. With the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act set to ramp up positions in new industries like wind and solar, expect there to be a surge in employment that rivals the tech boom of […]
The Future. College degrees and the job market aren’t seeing eye-to-eye these days — a major study found that over half of college graduates are “underemployed” a year after graduation. While colleges’ failure to prepare students for the workforce and the job market’s obsession with data-driven work are both at fault for the phenomenon, expect […]
The Future. Handshake, which counts 15 million college students as users, is rolling out a revamped platform that’s essentially TikTok for job seekers and companies that are hiring. Considering the popularity of work-related content on TikTok, companies that have strong content on Handshake could see a flood of applications. Employment entertainmentHandshake’s new scrollable feed, which […]
The Future. Graduates of the country’s most prestigious business schools are having more trouble finding work than they used to. But those who do land jobs are getting paid more than ever — which suggests that the economy’s most profitable sectors may be getting even more unequal. It’s just business2023’s business school grads are getting […]
The Future. As recession fears still grip business leaders and companies begin replacing workers with AI, we can expect to see more job cuts across industries next year. While this appears to be grim news, the silver lining may be that organizational changes could eliminate unnecessary complexity at the workplace. Less is more?38% of business […]
The Future. Job seekers are turning to AI to optimize the process of landing their next role, especially as mass layoffs, persistent recession fears, and employer use of AI make the search feel more daunting than ever. But with companies now overwhelmed by AI-generated resumes and cover letters, getting an interview may take even longer… […]
The Future. Remote work is supercharging a white-collar phenomenon dubbed “overemployment” (OE) — secretly holding multiple full-time jobs. While blue-collar workers have been doing that forever to make ends meet, the professional class has avoided doing so because of high workload, employer expectations, and those pesky non-competes. But with employers fixated on productivity, some employers […]