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These days, it’s an employers’ world, and workers are just living in it. The Big Picture: During the post-pandemic “Great Resignation” from 2021 to 2023, employees had the upper hand and used it to negotiate for pay raises, benefits, and remote-work options. That era is over — and employers are gaining back all the ground they […]
Programmers have begun coding themselves out of a job. The Big Picture: In a recent company-wide address, Amazon CEO Andy Jassy explained that the efficiency gains forecast by generative AI are so significant that Amazon will make major reductions to its workforce in the coming years. The jobs AI created are already gone, but it’s […]
Young people — especially college grads — face an extremely punishing job market. The Big Picture: The pool of available jobs, especially those that require a college degree, is shrinking. Over 40% of college graduates in their early- to mid-20s are working jobs that don’t require a college degree, and one in five job seekers […]
The old-school practice of networking — building professional relationships over the course of years — is becoming an increasingly important employment safeguard as AI upends the workplace. The Big Picture: AI and remote work have disrupted every aspect of the job market, including what entry-level jobs still exist, how resumes are analyzed, and who’s eligible to apply for positions. […]
Hit Activision game franchise Call of Duty has helped 150,000 American veterans find steady jobs since 2009… making it the largest private funder of vet employment and now more effective at doing so than the federal government. Why It Hits: As the federal government cuts costs and contracts its workforce, innovative organizations that can close […]
The job of “prompt engineer” — being able to craft the perfect string of words to get an AI system to generate an intended output — seemed to herald the new entry-level job of the AI era, with an expected annual growth rate of nearly 33%. But, in just two years, it’s already gone the […]
Job platform Glassdoor reports that interest in summer internships is skyrocketing among recent college graduates, as the job market becomes increasingly more complicated. Why It Hits: As young people struggle to land entry-level positions, they’re turning to internships as a stepping stone toward their desired jobs after graduation. While that’s been true for some time […]
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 […]