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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...
Tech-Driven Solutions For Modern Workers

In today’s fast-paced and ever-evolving job market, the gig economy has become a prominent feature of the employment landscape. The gig economy, characterized by short-term, flexible, and often freelance work, has transformed the way people work and earn a living....

Most Workers Ready To Quit For A Remote Job

Just because it seems like everyone is back to the office doesn’t mean they are—and it certainly doesn’t mean that people are any more willing to go than they’ve always been. The allure of working on one’s own terms is still going strong—so strong that they'd choose...

White House: All States Added Clean Power Jobs In 2022

The White House’s Council of Economic Advisers projected clean power generation employment grew in every state and the District of Columbia last year, including a 19 percent increase in the coal country hub of West Virginia. In an analysis published Monday, White...

CEO Shares No. 1 Tip For Finding A Mentor

Matt Higgins' "number one" piece of advice for finding a highly successful mentor: Don't ask anyone to mentor you. The "Shark Tank" investor and RSE Ventures CEO doesn't like it when people cold-message him with mentorship requests, he said during Tuesday's CNBC...

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