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This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Jennifer Mannix, a 56-year-old based in Tacoma, Washington. It’s been edited for length and clarity.In 2022, after 30 years working for the city of Juneau, Alaska, I was eligible for a full retirement, which included health benefits and a pension for…
The job market is tipping in favor of blue-collar and service workers over white-collar fields.The Bureau of Labor Statistics’ new jobs report showed August was a promising time to be a job seeker. The US added 162,000 jobs, about three times the expected gain of 55,000. Growth was widely distributed…
Registered nurses, data scientists, and accountants and auditors are high-paying roles that are projected to add many jobs over the next decade.The Bureau of Labor Statistics released new job projections on Thursday, showing how hundreds of occupations may evolve between 2025 and 2035. Employment of nurse practitioners could boom over…
I was fired, frustrated, and, frankly, fed up.After losing my job as a flight attendant, I spent more than a year trying to figure out my next move. I had a communications degree and professional experience, but the bustling career in a newsroom I’d dreamed of hadn’t materialized.Eventually, I stopped…
Working as a manager or engineer for a data center can pay off.A recent Indeed Hiring Lab post about the data center job market showed that data center roles typically pay better than their counterparts in similar non-data center jobs. There can be work-life trade-offs, such as working nights or…
Luke Helton realized too late that he rushed into law school.After taking out $80,000 in student loans for undergrad at the University of Tennessee, he thought going straight for his J.D. would propel him into a stable career. So he borrowed more to make that happen.Personal life challenges derailed his…
This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Tammy Shanklin, who is in her 40s and lives in Illinois. It’s been edited for length and clarity.I’ve been a licensed certified nursing assistant since the age of 18. About a year ago, I became a home caregiver for my grandfather,…
Hustling for work experience and learning from coworkers has been key to building a successful career for decades. Mark Cuban says that’s bound to change.The tech billionaire and former “Shark Tank” investor said in an X post on Thursday that he expects the “next great AI application” to be a…
Nobody likes a micromanager.According to Ron Johnson, the former Apple executive behind the Apple Store and Genius Bar, Steve Jobs was a great leader because he was the opposite.Johnson told Business Insider that one of the outcomes he hopes comes from his upcoming book, “Shop Different: How Retail Revealed Apple’s…
