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Friday’s weaker-than-expected jobs report may feel especially lousy for men.
Women outnumbered men in the workforce for eight straight months as of September, according to an analysis of government data by Indeed. That’s the longest stretch since 2010, the job search platform found.
“Back then, the gap emerged because men were losing jobs,” said Cory Stahle, senior economist at Indeed. “This time, it’s because women are gaining them.” READ MORE
Kristen Welker asked Bill Gates last weekend on “Meet the Press” whether artificial intelligence could lead to the end of humanity. Mr. Gates replied that if weaponized, AI is powerful enough to “drive events that cause a billion deaths.” “It’s pretty hard to get to 100%,” he said, almost comfortingly. Relying on AI companies to police themselves is insufficient: “No one thinks self-regulation is enough.” A failure to mandate safeguards is “completely irresponsible.” “We have created an intelligent species that in many respects is already smarter than we are.” In the next few years it will be “insanely smarter than we are.” READ MORE
Indeed found that 40% of job seekers feel unprepared to manage today's job hunt. The conclusion comes from a survey of 1,501 people who were actively either applying for jobs or casually looking. So, how many potential applicants decide the process is not worth starting?
A confusing job market
Applicants face a job market that often requires them to invest time without knowing whether a role is actively being filled or when a decision may come, according to Indeed. That experience can determine whether they apply at all. "In other words, hiring is limited, and it's straining workers," wrote the researchers. READ MORE
RSM, one of the world’s largest accounting firms, is exploring a possible initial public offering as a wave of consolidation transforms the audit sector and disrupts the traditional partnership model. The 100-year-old partnership, which held out against selling to private equity during the deal boom of the past five years, has been sounding out bankers and revamping internal systems to give itself the option of a stock market flotation instead, according to people familiar with the matter. READ MORE
To put it simply, "there's a lot going on in the world" for recruiting and HR professionals, LinkedIn CEO Dan Shapero told the crowd at the company's Talent Connect conference Tuesday in New York City.
In particular, labor market changes and AI are transforming who gets hired and how it happens, making the work being done by recruiting teams "tougher" than ever, said Shapero. READ MORE
Market choppiness and artificial-intelligence safety fears are spooking investors and throwing into disarray what was expected to be a string of blockbuster IPOs this fall.
Smart-ring maker Oura was the latest company to postpone its initial public offering when it said Tuesday it was delaying the offering because of “uncertainty in the IPO market.” READ MORE
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For the majority of people, artificial intelligence (AI) feels more like a moderately useful assistant than an existential threat. It can summarise a legal document, diagnose a toddler rash, suggest ways of saving a dying rose bush and compose an obsequious email. It can also make up facts and quotes, overuse irritating phrases and get confused by planning a simple train journey.
As a result, few of us felt a bolt of actual terror when Evan Hubinger, who leads alignment science at Anthropic, wrote earlier this month that he believed that there was a 10 per cent chance AI could kill all humans within the next decade. READ MORE
A report co-authored by Nobel laureate Geoffrey Hinton and Yoshua Bengio, two of the “godfathers” of modern AI, published on September 28, warns governments to prepare for what the authors call an AI “intelligence explosion,” according to a report by The Guardian.
The authors are concerned that AI systems could soon begin improving themselves without human intervention, accelerating development faster than governments can respond. READ MORE
HR professionals are all too familiar with the concept of job candidates ghosting them during the hiring process,but the same behavior from employers can be just as disruptive and impact the long-term employer brand.
A new report from Aerotek—a provider of workplace solutions for manufacturing, logistics, construction, aviation, facilities and maintenance—asked job seekers which factors have had the biggest impact on their job search over the past year. The top factor, cited by 44%, was employer ghosting, far outpacing others like a lack of human interaction, AI tools and application fatigue. READ MORE
America's shortage of skilled trades workers is straining homebuilding, infrastructure and a growing wave of commercial projects, as the industry struggles to bring younger workers into careers such as plumbing, electrical work and HVAC.
Home Builders Institute (HBI) President and CEO Ed Brady joined FOX Business’ Cheryl Casone on "Mornings with FOX Business" to discuss the skilled labor shortage and the need to expand training opportunities for young people and transitioning service members. READ MORE
Instinct has managed to turn a tiny team into a huge AI company, reaching a $10B valuation while still in early access and building an agent designed to handle the messy, mundane tasks of everyday life.
The company said Monday it raised an additional $1B from Sequoia Capital, Benchmark Capital, and Coatue. Instinct has just 14 employees, making the size of its valuation particularly striking relative to its workforce. READ MORE
A promotion brings greater responsibility, higher expectations from upper management, and the need to demonstrate your ability to handle a new role. You earn opportunities for professional development and career growth, which are some of its biggest advantages. Still, it can mean increased stress, more pressure, less freedom to act casually, and the challenge of earning respect while maintaining fairness. And sometimes, relationships with colleagues start to change. That's exactly what happened to the employee in today's story. His coworker's rise to team lead didn't just change their workplace dynamic; it also transformed a friendship he thought would last. READ MORE
Leaders of major AI firms told the UN Security Council on Wednesday that the technology calls for heightened vigilance, with Anthropic's CEO pledging to slow down where needed to ensure the safety of new releases.
"This moment calls for extreme care," OpenAI CEO Sam Altman said in New York at an emergency meeting of the 15-member council. READ MORE
The people have spoken, and they're curious about A.I. agents. Meta's new app, Muse, is No. 1 on the App Store. There's a shift at play. Most of the people using ChatGPT are asking it to do things that remain right in front of them. Answer this question, draft this text, or do something else right here in the app. Muse is meant as something different: a robot that performs tasks for you across the internet. Book a haircut, order DoorDash, get a bunch of supplies for my party. Muse does it on your behalf. It's a mass-marketed, mobile-friendly version of the machine-as-person work that power users are already doing with Claude and ChatGPT on computers. READ MORE
Never before have leaders had access to so much knowledge about how to lead. Yet too often, they keep learning instead of acting on what they already know.
For years, we've accepted the idea that better leadership begins with closing the knowledge gap. Read another book. Attend another leadership retreat. READ MORE
You'll probably recognize this person. Technically exceptional, deeply knowledgeable and trusted with the company's most important work. Whenever a difficult challenge arises, they're the person everyone counts on to solve it.
Then they're promoted into a leadership role and something changes. They begin to create problems for the people around them. They might interrupt, overcorrect or take over. They may overlook others' contributions or communicate in ways that leave team members feeling diminished. Eventually there's fallout: Talented employees stop speaking up, avoid them or leave the team altogether. READ MORE
Jobs that AI was supposed to replace are making a comeback, but mostly for senior workers, not the new graduates who trained for them.
Indeed job postings for software developers fell 73% from their February 2022 peak to February 2025, a slide that began nine months before OpenAI's ChatGPT chatbot launched, according to an Investopedia analysis of Indeed data. But over the past year, postings for the most AI-exposed jobs have rebounded faster than those for less AI-exposed positions. READ MORE
Most significant decisions in large organizations follow the same sequence. A small group works the problem, reaches a defensible answer, and builds a communication plan. The decision is announced, explained and reinforced. Then it meets resistance the room did not anticipate, and the resistance is diagnosed as a communication failure. The response is more communication. READ MORE
The stress of job hunting crosses generational lines, but Gen Z is doing things a bit differently. Most of Gen Z is either just entering adulthood or has been there for some time. They are the first generation not to grow up with many analog developmental milestones, such as answering a house phone or asking strangers for help reading a map. These are all things that help develop social skills that can be used in other settings.
A recent survey from Resumetemplates.com reveals a shocking trend. According to the resume-building website, of the 831 job seekers aged 18-23 surveyed, "77% say they have brought a parent to a job interview when they were job searching. About 13% say they always did, and 24% say they often did." READ MORE
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