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Stelco's U.S. Owner Touts "Strongest Quarter" After Layoffs
Stelco's U.S. owner calls its latest quarter the "strongest" just weeks after announcing layoffs at the Hamil…
Oct 19
ZDNET's New Dashboard Tracks AI Job Losses State by State
ZDNET has launched a dashboard tracking AI-related job losses in every U.S. state, along with the economic co…
Oct 19
Anthropic to Launch Public Benefit Fund as AI Job Concerns Build
Anthropic is setting up a public benefit fund, indica News reports, framing the move against growing concerns…
Oct 19
Netflix Games Cuts Roughly 60 Staff in Company-Wide Layoffs
Around 60 Netflix Games staff are affected in company-wide layoffs, Mobilegamer.biz reports — a divisional tr…
Oct 19
Korean Shipyards Have the Orders. Labor Rigidities May Cap How Many More They Can Take
Korean shipbuilders are turning the corner on demand, but The Korea Times reports labor rigidity is now the b…
Oct 19
Nigeria's Building Council Turns to Partnerships to Close Skills Gap
Nigeria's Council of Registered Builders wants cross-sector partnerships to close the construction skills gap…
Oct 19
RBA's Kent: Australia's Labor Market Is Loosening Faster Than Forecast
RBA's Christopher Kent says Australia's labor market is loosening faster than the central bank forecast — a s…
Oct 19
Strong Job Gains Point to Fed Tightening as Trump Demands Cuts
Strong US job gains have revived the case for a Fed rate hike just as Trump demands cuts — a split that shape…
Oct 19
Anthropic Report: AI May Close the Entry Door to Tech Jobs
Anthropic's own report warns AI may shrink entry-level tech hiring, hitting fresh graduates hardest as routin…
Oct 18
Job Market Outlook Before the Election: Workers Feel Cautious Optimism
WSAW finds cautious optimism in the pre-election job market: hiring continues, but employers and workers alik…
Oct 18
Amazon's Layoffs Push Past 30,000 — And October Isn't the End
Amazon's job cuts have reached about 30,000, and the layoffs continued into October — a rolling restructuring…
Oct 18
South Africa's Youth Job Catch-22: Can the Cycle Be Broken?
Daniel Orelowitz, writing in the Sowetan, argues South Africa's youth job crisis is a closed loop: no experie…
Oct 18
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