1+ hour, 49+ min ago  (525+ words) Teen summer hiring in the US might hit its lowest level since federal tracking began, new report finds. For generations, American teens spent their summers earning a bit of extra money by lifeguarding at the local pool, scooping ice cream,…...

23+ hour, 18+ min ago  (709+ words) One of the biggest fears of the AI boom is that the technology will destroy jobs, starting with entry-level programmers and eventually coming for all manner of white-collar work. This week, Open AI CEO Sam Altman said the "jobs apocalypse…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago  (643+ words) New BLS data shows late boomers had actually held more jobs by the same age. Before Gen Z's blank stare took over the workplace discourse, millennials were the generation everyone had a theory about: entitled, purpose-seeking, allergic to office life,…...

3+ week, 3+ hour ago  (1222+ words) When Peter Grafe, the CEO of marketing firm Blue Alpha, brings potential hires into the firm's offices for the paid multiday work trials, he runs them through the usual processes, skimming over their resume and asking them about their prior…...

3+ week, 1+ hour ago  (518+ words) The ideal place to start a career might be less about prestige and more about where the paycheck stretches furthest. For young workers fresh out of college, the lure of America's big coastal cities has always been pretty obvious: chase…...

1+ mon, 3+ day ago  (941+ words) Sweeping federal job cuts and a shrinking hospitality sector have resulted in high unemployment in the nation's capital. For those living there, or those predisposed to political irony, it may not come as a surprise that the home of the…...

1+ mon, 1+ week ago  (672+ words) New research finds the vibes on the day that prospective students visit a college might affect whether they apply. By now, most high school seniors in the US will have submitted their college applications for the coming fall. However, new…...

2+ mon, 1+ week ago  (340+ words) While the program's initial ambassadors were sooner or later phased out of their own government roles, DOGE still had a significant impact on shrinking the size of the US federal workforce over the past year. As reported by Pew Research…...

3+ mon, 4+ week ago  (444+ words) However, like other elite colleges, it's still a lot more difficult to get into than in previous years. Yesterday, Yale University announced that it would be expanding its current financial aid program to waive tuition fees for new students from…...

4+ mon, 2+ week ago  (442+ words) US job openings fell to 7. 15 million in November, down from 7. 45 million in the previous month, marking the lowest level since September 2024, according to BLS's Job Openings and Labor Turnover Summary (JOLTS) report released Wednesday." The figure came in below all…...