jobs

A job, employment, work or occupation, is a person's role in society. More specifically, a job is an activity, often regular and often performed in exchange for payment ("for a living").

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Unions to UK Banks: Get Ready to Retrain AI-Displaced Workers
Unions to UK Banks: Get Ready to Retrain AI-Displaced Workers
August 27, 2024  |  Artificial Intelligence

Unions in the United Kingdom want the country’s banks to be ready to retain workers displaced by artificial intelligence. At the U.K.’s Trades Union Congress...

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NLRB Rules Amazon Is ‘Joint Employer’ of Subcontracted Delivery Drivers
NLRB Rules Amazon Is ‘Joint Employer’ of Subcontracted Delivery Drivers
August 22, 2024  |  Amazon Delivery

Amazon is reportedly under scrutiny as the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) concluded that a group of subcontracted delivery drivers in Southern California were employees...

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Initial Unemployment Claims Rise, Boosting Expectations of Rate Cut
Initial Unemployment Claims Rise, Boosting Expectations of Rate Cut
August 22, 2024  |  Economy

The number of initial claims for unemployment insurance increased by 4,000 during the week ended Saturday (Aug. 17), suggesting a cooling of the labor market...

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Consumers Paid the Price for Overstated Job Growth That Kept Interest Rates Too High
Consumers Paid the Price for Overstated Job Growth That Kept Interest Rates Too High
August 21, 2024  |  Economy

A downward revision to previously released job market data might be enough to spur interest rate cuts. But the damage to the paycheck-to-paycheck economy —...

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GM Streamlines Software and Services Unit, Lays Off 1,000
GM Streamlines Software and Services Unit, Lays Off 1,000
August 19, 2024  |  Personnel

General Motors laid off over 1,000 salaried employees in Software and Services, its division focused on infotainment, OnStar, subscriptions and other emerging features. The employees...

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Mastercard to Cut 3% of Workforce; Will Redeploy to ‘Growth’ Areas
Mastercard to Cut 3% of Workforce; Will Redeploy to ‘Growth’ Areas
August 16, 2024  |  Personnel

Mastercard reportedly plans to lay off 3% of its global workforce — about 1,000 people — as part of a reorganization it announced earlier this...

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More Job Seekers Are Turning to AI to Write Resumes
More Job Seekers Are Turning to AI to Write Resumes
August 16, 2024  |  artificial intelligence

Artificial intelligence (AI) has emerged as the go-to resume writer for most job seekers, a striking change that is reshaping the job market landscape. About...

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Gen Z Transforms Workplace Communication by Keeping It Caszh
Gen Z Transforms Workplace Communication by Keeping It Caszh
August 10, 2024  |  Personnel

Generation Z is changing the tone (or the vibe, as it were) of professional communications, with their preference for casual language creating new norms. Anecdotal...

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Employment Trends Index Points to Gloomier Times Ahead for Already-Stretched Households
Employment Trends Index Points to Gloomier Times Ahead for Already-Stretched Households
August 05, 2024  |  Economy

On a day when a stock market rout promised to become a full-fledged bloodbath, and as recession fears mounted, the latest spate of economic data...

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