by dankeelan | Aug 25, 2026 | Artificial Intelligence, Featured, Jobs
Few leaders have a better real-time read on how AI is actually reshaping the workforce than Hayden Brown. As CEO of Upwork, the platform where 18 million freelancers meet the businesses that need them, she sees what the monthly jobs report can’t: which skills are...
by dankeelan | Aug 11, 2026 | Featured, Jobs, U.S. Economy
After lackluster hiring in June, forecasters had expected the report to show a modest pickup in July. The Bureau of Labor Statistics came out with its report on the U.S. job market, and it looks weaker than forecasters had expected. Employers cut 23,000 jobs in July...
by dankeelan | Jul 28, 2026 | Jobs, U.S. Economy
Apart from billionaires, no one seems to feel good about the economy right now—but by one key measure, Americans are doing better than ever. The latest report from the Department of Labor shows that applications for unemployment benefits have plunged to an almost...
by dankeelan | Jul 21, 2026 | Artificial Intelligence, Featured, Jobs
Every day, a three-year-old startup called Mercor pays more than 30,000 contractors upward of $4 million to help make their own jobs, and the jobs of their colleagues, obsolete. That figure was first reported by The New York Times in July 2026, and it says a lot about...
by dankeelan | Jul 21, 2026 | Featured, Future of Work, Jobs
Highlighting the importance of equipping young people with what is needed for employment, decent work and entrepreneurship, World Youth Skills Day, marked annually on 15 July, raises an important question related to its 2026 theme, Skills for the Shared Future: how...
by dankeelan | Jul 7, 2026 | Featured, Jobs, U.S. Economy
After three months of solid job growth, June marked a somewhat weaker month for the U.S. labor market as employers added 57,000 jobs and data from previous months was revised downward, the Labor Department said July 2. The health...
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