The Financial Times cites two new data sources suggesting AI is affecting US employment: analyst Eric Basmajian found productivity gains concentrated in roughly 15% of jobs, especially in information, professional services, and finance. A reportedly internal Goldman Sachs report also circulated showing rising unemployment correlated with AI exposure in sectors like finance, telecoms, technical services, and administration.
futurism.com
· 2026-11-03
Lemon.io, a software talent marketplace, analyzed 38 emerging tech job titles from LinkedIn's Jobs on the Rise 2026 list alongside four established roles, scoring them on pay, hiring growth, demand and newness. AI product manager topped the ranking of fast-developing, high-paying tech roles, with data drawn from Glassdoor, Adzuna salary estimates, Hacker News job postings and Google Trends search data. The report comes as a separate USA Today/SurveyMonkey survey found 24% of U.S. workers are actively job hunting, largely for better pay and career growth.
entrepreneur.com
· 2026-10-30
Gallup's Q3 2026 workplace poll found just 29% of U.S. employees are engaged in their jobs, down two percentage points from the prior quarter and the lowest reading since 2011. The drop was concentrated among remote and hybrid workers, especially those at companies that have adopted artificial intelligence, according to Gallup. The survey polled 21,648 adults from Aug. 5-19, 2026, with a margin of error of plus or minus 1 percentage point.
cnbc.com
· 2026-10-29
Executive recruiting has changed dramatically over the past decade as artificial intelligence tools now play a major role in sourcing and assessing leadership candidates. At the same time, strong demand for experienced leaders has led some companies to bring retired CEOs back into active roles, altering the competitive landscape for executives seeking new positions.
fastcompany.com
· 2026-10-28
A hiring manager's social media post describing how automated applicant-tracking systems can filter out qualified candidates has gone viral. The post argues that positions can remain unfilled for months not because no suitable candidates exist, but because screening software mistakenly rejects them before a human ever reviews their application.
fastcompany.com
· 2026-10-20
Anthropic announced a 'public benefit fund,' a wholly-owned entity that will initially hold 5% of the company's shares, with an option to add 2% more for every 50% increase in Anthropic's valuation. The company said the fund could support large nonprofit donations or direct payments to specific populations, and pointed to AI's effect on jobs as one area it might address, alongside its existing $200 million research commitment on that topic. Anthropic said details on the fund's structure and governance will be released in coming months.
techcrunch.com
· 2026-10-18
Brian Daniel, founder of a Los Angeles staffing firm, shared his experience after posting a remote job opening, illustrating the difficulties faced by job seekers amid a market characterized by low hiring and firing rates. Experts suggest that targeted applications, networking, and strategic AI use are key strategies for candidates to succeed now.
fastcompany.com
· 2026-10-06
A new study finds that frequent job changers continue to face penalties when applying for new roles, and companies that hire them can also suffer consequences. The research pushes back against the post-pandemic narrative that job hopping had become stigma-free as workers gained leverage in a tight labor market.
fastcompany.com
· 2026-09-30
A commentary addresses recent reporting on younger workers stepping back from traditional career ambition, citing frustrations with a tight job market, impersonal hiring practices, and pressure from hustle culture. It argues that while workers can't control the economy or their employers, they can define what they want from work and build a personal strategy to pursue it.
fastcompany.com
· 2026-09-29
A new analysis from Munich's CESifo institute examined US Census Bureau data on bachelor's degree holders aged 22-25 not enrolled in further education, finding a summer 2026 unemployment rate of 7.3% — within the range seen since 2022. Researchers Robert Fairlie and Jane Wu tracked summer figures from 2022 through 2026, spanning the release and adoption of ChatGPT, and found the rate has fluctuated between 6.3% and 7.8% over that period without a clear worsening trend.
techspot.com
· 2026-09-26
CNBC reported that college graduates aged 22-27 had a 5.7% unemployment rate as of June 2026, per Federal Reserve Bank of New York data, with underemployment among grads reaching 42%. Seton Hall student editor Michela DiLorenzo told CNBC that AI is altering students' motivations, resume strategies, and post-graduation plans, with some delaying graduate school for interim work. LinkedIn data cited found 66% of recruiters planned to expand AI use in pre-screening, while 81% of job seekers said they had used or intended to use AI in their own search.
cnbc.com
· 2026-09-25
An Associated Press analysis found unemployment among recent computer science graduates has reached nearly 7.1%, higher than several humanities majors. One recent Tulane graduate, Jack Zemke, struggled with hundreds of unanswered applications before landing a job at a civil engineering firm through a networking encounter, later moving to an AI startup. Colleges are responding by adding business-focused internships and AI-tool training as the job market shifts.
fastcompany.com
· 2026-09-24
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