Diary of a CEO founder says he hired someone with ‘zero’ work experience because she ‘thanked the security guard by name’ before the interview

A virtually blank resume may spook employers, but job candidates don’t need a lengthy work career to land a gig—after all, ...

A Facebook veteran took a big career risk that resulted in a 'giant failure' — but embracing a 'J-curve' career path paid off

Molly Graham, former Facebook and Google executive, shares how a risky career move and embracing a J-shaped career path grew her expertise.
CNN

America’s job market just got some troubling news

• The US economy lost 105,000 jobs in October and added 64,000 jobs in November, the Bureau of Labor Statistics reported Tuesday. The unemployment rate rose to a four-year high of 4.6% last month. • ...
The Economist

Job apocalypse? Not yet. AI is creating brand new occupations

A mock job advertisement that has done the rounds recently calls for a “killswitch engineer” for OpenAI, maker of ChatGPT. The description requires the successful applicant to stand by servers all day ...
CBS News

For Gen Zers, finding work after college is often a painful slog

Angel Escobedo started looking for work a year and a half ago, even before completing his college degree at Saint Xavier University in Chicago. Now, with less than a week to go before graduation and ...
Sports Illustrated

Oregon Coach Ra'Shaad Samples Is A Sneaky Candidate For A Texas Job

Ra'Shaad Samples, the Oregon Ducks' running backs coach, is one of the top up-and-coming position coaches in the country. His success in recruiting and developing the Ducks' running backs room has not ...
CNN

US economy saw stronger-than-expected job growth in September, but the unemployment rate rose

• The latest snapshot of the US labor market showed an unexpected rebound of 119,000 jobs in September but a loss for August and a lower total for July. The report was originally scheduled for October ...
NPR

Is the job market getting worse? As the shutdown continues, this is what we know

The impasse in Congress over funding has delayed a closely-watched report on the labor market for the second month in a row. Without that official jobs tally, the available signals are mixed. This ...
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Applying for a job at Amazon? Here are 4 ways to improve your resume.

Learn how to write a resume that is tailored to what hiring managers and recruiters are seeking at Amazon. Amazon receives tens of thousands of resumes a year—so it’s critical that you submit one that ...
Reuters

For a jobs day data fix in a US shutdown, here is what the experts are saying

WASHINGTON, Oct 3 (Reuters) - With U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics employees furloughed due to the federal government shutdown, the agency's website shows a release from Wednesday as its most recent ...
Reason

Government Shutdowns Are an Example of Congress Doing Its Job

When the government shut down for a few weeks in October 2013, then-President Barack Obama made sure to blame conservative Republicans for refusing to pass any short-term spending bill that included ...