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AI Displacement In The Workplace Is Increasing – And Affecting Young People Most

There is good and bad news about AI disruption in the labor market. It’s still barely discernible as a trend with the technology responsible for adding around only 15 basis points to the overall unemployment rate. But, that figure has risen from 10 basis points last...

China: Proposed Social Security Law Sparks Gig Worker Pushback

With China's flexible workforce estimated at nearly 300 million, Beijing pledges to strengthen their safety, wages and basic social security. Guangzhou delivery vehicle driver Zhang Liang watches on warily as more graduates, former factory workers and other jobseekers...

Upwork: Skilled Freelancing Jumps To 38%

The future of work took a measurable step this month, as Upwork’s Future Workforce Index 2026 found that 38% of skilled U.S. knowledge workers now freelance. That is up sharply from 28% a year ago. The report, released July 14, surveyed 2,400 U.S. workers and paired...

‘Digital Lifeline’ – Gaza Tech Workers Give Glimpse Of Possible Future

"I was just in a trough, drowning in uncertainty," says Walaa Volidis, a Palestinian software engineer. "But deep inside, I made a decision: it will not be the end, no matter how hard it gets. I'll keep fighting for my dreams." Wearing a headset and glued to her...
Amazon To Cut A Few Hundred Jobs At Healthcare Units

Amazon.com will cut a few hundred jobs across its healthcare units, Amazon Healthcare Services executive Neil Lindsay said in a letter to employees on Tuesday. Roughly 115 positions may be eliminated at One Medical and Amazon Pharmacy, according to Business Insider,...

AI At Work

AI, once an ambiguous science fiction trope, has become an ambiguous business buzzword, as every technology product races to implement what Silicon Valley thinks is the greatest innovation since the internet. But lost in the conversation are stories about the people...

Why Women Look For Gig Jobs: Avoiding The Old Boys Network

Jean-Paul Sartre once said, “Hell is other people.” The French philosopher wouldn’t get much of an argument from many working women. There’s a reason lots of women are freelancing, doing contract or gig jobs and saying goodbye to the traditional workplace − and it’s...

Is ‘Kind Productivity’ The Future Of Work?

Is this kind? If every decision made by every person at work—where many of us spend most of our daily lives—were to begin with that one question, what would the workplace look like? Laura Tan is a company director, "a lifelong grafter", and a firm believer that...

Personality Traits That Can Help You Ace A Job Interview

Anna Papalia, the Philadelphia-based author of the just-published book, “Interviewology” (Harper Business, Jan. 30, 2024), has some key tips for those in search of new jobs — as well as those on the front lines of filling those positions. Speaking to Fox News...

Marina Marchese and the Power of Building Your Vision

Workshifter had a conversation recently with Marina Marchese, Owner of ATD Healthcare Services Metro Detroit, Marina talked about her story as a young immigrant and how her push to succeed paved the way for the opening and growth of her business. To see Marina in...

Amazon Cutting Hundreds Of Healthcare Jobs

Amazon is cutting hundreds of jobs at its health care units, Amazon Pharmacy and the primary care company One Medical, the tech giant confirmed Tuesday. In a statement and memo to employees shared with GeekWire, Amazon Health Services Senior Vice President Neil...

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