Tag: Jobs
Ex-Google exec says degrees in law and medicine are a waste of time because they take so long to complete that AI will catch up by graduation
As undergraduate degrees have lost their payoffs thanks to AI, young people have turned to advanced schooling to unlock jobs with salaries exceeding $200,000...
‘Quiet cracking’ is spreading in offices: Half of workers are at breaking point, and it’s costing companies $438 billion in productivity loss
Workers are down in the dumps about a lack of career growth opportunities and emptying offices as companies slash staffers to make way for...
SoundHound’s millionaire boss founded 3 software startups before even graduating—he tells Gen Z who want to be their own boss ‘throw darts randomly’
As someone who immigrated from Iran at age 17 knowing little English, becoming a tech entrepreneur one day may have seemed like a far-fetched...
Tech job postings in California, Texas, and Virginia tanked in July—and AI could actually be to blame
Employment numbers in the tech sector effectively stagnated in July, as the industry remained stable amid a tumultuous job market—but a decline in postings...
China’s youth unemployment is so bad that Gen Z job-seekers are paying $7 a day to pretend to work in an office
Gen Z graduates are stepping out of college with prestigious degrees, only to be met with a sluggish job market, making it feel nearly...
OpenAI’s CEO Sam Altman says in 10 years time college graduates will be working ‘some completely new, exciting, super well-paid’ job in space
Now, even OpenAI CEO Sam Altman—one of Silicon Valley’s biggest leaders driving the AI revolution—is admitting the elephant in the room is true: AI...
The old system failed Gen Z. We should listen to them for a change
Working, learning and earning look radically different today than they did for previous generations. The predictable, linear career paths of the past have given...
Bank of America sees stagflation, not recession—and no rate cut this year. It’s because of 2 specific Trump policies
Bank of America Research economists remain convinced that the Federal Reserve will not cut interest rates in 2025, despite a recent wave of disappointing jobs...
Degrees used to open doors—now even grads with master’s degrees are sending 60 job applications a month to no luck
Going to college and getting a degree was once a ticket to white-collar success—but now graduates are up against “ghost jobs,” AI agents, and...
Why America’s jobs data may be getting it wrong
Despite last week’s headlines about alarmingly soft job growth, millions of Americans have been starting businesses at unprecedented rates. This trend started in 2020...