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FAA plans to ‘supercharge’ air traffic control with faster hiring and pay raises. What you should know before applying to the high-stress job.

The FAA announced its first round of 2025 air traffic controller hiring on Thursday.The job is high-stress with challenges like fatigue, but the average annual salary is six figures.Controllers must undergo rigorous training and testing and retire at 56.The Trump Administration has a plan to increase air traffic control staffing:…

Blue Origin CEO says he’s trimming middle managers after rapid hiring led to ‘more bureaucracy.’ Read the memo.

Blue Origin CEO David Limp explained why the rocket company was laying off around 10% of workers.Limp said rapid growth led to more bureaucracy; it’s now thinning management layers, among engineering cuts.The move shows the Jeff Bezos-owned company is joining tech’s flattening trend.Another Jeff Bezos-founded company wants fewer middle managers.Bezos’…

Tech companies laying off staff are still hiring — especially in AI

Another wave of layoffs is sweeping across tech.Many are continuing to hire amid the cuts, sometimes even growing head count overall in the coming year.BI rounded up some recent examples, including those with plans to grow staffing in AI, infrastructure, or the cloud.Just because you’ve read about a tech company…

MBA grads are struggling to find work amid a white-collar hiring slowdown

Recent MBA graduates are having a harder time finding jobs than a couple of years ago.A white-collar hiring slowdown has impacted MBA graduates at schools like Harvard, Yale, and Stanford.We asked economists whether the hiring landscape could improve in the years to come.The white-collar job market has gotten so competitive,…

Exclusive-India watchdog faults probe of Foxconn hiring, orders new inquiry By Reuters

By Aditya Kalra and Munsif Vengattil NEW DELHI (Reuters) – India’s powerful human rights watchdog has admonished labor officials for failure to adequately investigate evidence of employment discrimination at Foxconn (SS:), which makes Apple (NASDAQ:) iPhones, and told them to re-examine the matter, documents show. The National Human Rights Commission…