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Workers are retrospectively adding AI skills to their LinkedIn profiles — while remote-work and DEI language is falling out of favor.That is the finding of a new National Bureau of Economic Research working paper, which analyzed monthly snapshots of 29.4 million US LinkedIn profiles.Nearly a fifth of those accounts had…
Ask a tech worker about their biggest career regret, and they might have a hard time picking just one.In a fast-changing, highly competitive industry, it’s easy to second-guess career decisions — and wonder whether another path might have been the better one.In interviews with Business Insider, tech professionals from companies…
TikTok is shuttering its Nashville office in early October and laying off 250 staffers.Last week, the company told impacted workers they’d remain on payroll for the next couple of months before the office officially closed. After that, employees are being offered one month of severance pay plus an additional month…
Mayor Zohran Mamdani is backing new safeguards for delivery workers in New York City — and the proposal would give City Hall more regulatory power over commerce giants like Amazon.The Delivery Protection Act, sponsored by New York City Council Member Tiffany L. Cabán, would increase licensing requirements for companies that…
In Canton, Mississippi, where Nissan assembles the Altima sedan and the Frontier pickup, there are cameras watching how workers move.The automaker says the AI-powered system is saving it millions of dollars — and ensuring that factory workers stay healthy.”We’re not talking about job elimination,” Victor Taylor, Nissan’s divisional vice president…
This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Nick Sanchez, a licensed marriage and family therapist based in the San Francisco Bay Area. It’s been edited for length and clarity.I would say 99% of my clients cite burnout as one of their biggest problems.As a licensed marriage and family…
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…
A new feature in Walmart’s Spark app is slowing the chain’s delivery efforts, workers say.The Spark delivery workers told Business Insider that Walmart’s app has changed a feature that helps them map out their trip around the store to pick up items. Instead of providing a set route that made…
If you ask tech workers what people misunderstand about working in their industry, they’ll tell you — plenty.In interviews with Business Insider, tech professionals from companies including Amazon, Google, and Snap challenged assumptions that their jobs are mostly coding, that AI has made their work easier, and that Big Tech…
AI is coming for millions of American jobs, but that doesn’t mean the work will disappear for good.Joseph Briggs, who leads the global economics team at Goldman Sachs Research, said on a recent episode of the bank’s “Exchanges” podcast that he expects about 9% of the US workforce to be…
