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Hisayuki Idekoba hears regularly about how broken hiring can feel.As head of the job platform Indeed, job seekers tell him they have applied to roles only to get nothing back, while employers complain about unresponsive candidates and surging application volumes, thanks in part to AI bots that flood open roles…
Elon Musk thinks Starlink can shake up the mobile industry, but a T-Mobile exec said its strategy should be laughed out of the room.”It’s not a competitive threat from a wireless perspective at all,” T-Mobile CFO Peter Osvaldik said Wednesday at Citi’s 2026 Global TMT Conference.”If we, as a management…
The Air Force is embarking on an aggressive push to use artificial intelligence across its training pipelines to shorten technical training timelines, accelerate pilot training, and teach basic AI skills to airmen across the force.These ambitions are outlined in a new guidance document released Wednesday by Air Education and Training…
Walmart got its start in 1962 selling general merchandise as a discount store in Rogers, Arkansas.Founder Sam Walton was constantly on the lookout for new retail concepts to try, and he wasn’t shy about borrowing ideas from other successful entrepreneurs.”He just tried things, and he would learn, and if it…
Over the past four months, I’ve spent hours interviewing people who were brave enough to take a career break.I wanted to know if and how they overcame the many obstacles career returners face when trying to crack the job market. It all built up to the series My Big Break,…
This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Leslie Cohen, a 52-year-old real estate development and operations professional in the Boston area. Business Insider has verified her identity and background. This story has been edited for length and clarity.I started my career as a project manager in the commercial…
This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Natasya Pawanteh, 45, who lives in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. The following has been edited for length and clarity.In 2017, I was a raging workaholic.As an ambitious, mid-career geologist at Shell in Sarawak, Malaysia, I was focused on deepening my expertise. Working,…
This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Adam Stewart, 43, who lives in the UK. The following has been edited for length and clarity.I worked for nearly 20 years straight before I took a career break.10 of those years were at Google, which I loved, but it was…
