People have plowed through savings, cashed out retirement funds and moved in with relatives. Former U.S.A.I.D. workers estimate that less than half have found full-time work.
Category: Careers and Professions
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A Year After U.S.A.I.D.’s Death, Fired Workers Find Few Jobs and Much Loss
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This Is a Hard Time to Start a Career. These Two Words Can Help.
The New York Times – Business:Advice on building a rewarding work life, even amid employment gloom.
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College Graduates Are Facing the Grimmest Job Market in Years
The New York Times – Business:Artificial intelligence could reshape work, but for now a low-hire, low-fire labor market is the main impediment for young people seeking employment.
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When Your Apple Watch Becomes an Office Taskmaster
The New York Times – Business:A proliferation of data from wearable technology is telling people how to optimize their job performance. Is that a good thing?
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Coders Coded Their Job Away. Why Are So Many of Them Happy About It?
The New York Times – Business:In the era of A.I. agents, many Silicon Valley programmers are now barely programming. Instead, what they’re doing is deeply, deeply weird.
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The Hidden Number Driving U.S. Job Growth
The New York Times – Business:After a year of just 181,000 new jobs, January’s 131,000 increase in the U.S. workforce was surprisingly positive. Ben Casselman, The New York Times’ chief economic correspondent, explains the numbers.
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Recruiters Use A.I. to Scan Résumés. Applicants Are Trying to Trick It.
In an escalating cat-and-mouse game, job hunters are trying to fool A.I. into moving their applications to the top of the pile with embedded instructions.
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Do You Want a New Job, or Just Some External Validation?
Plus, how to gently tell your boss you have a better way of doing things.
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The Long-Term Unemployed Today? College Grads.
For years, only a small portion of the people experiencing long spells of joblessness were college graduates. That’s starting to change.
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Why the B.L.S. Regularly Revises Jobs Data
President Trump fired the head of the Bureau of Labor Statistics last week and described a jobs report that included a big downward revision as “rigged.”
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Is This a Talk Show or a Job Interview?
Plus, managing people twice your age.
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Your Job Interviewer Is Not a Person. It’s A.I.
You thought artificial intelligence was coming for your job? First, it’s coming for your job interviewer.