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careers13 hours ago•13 min saved

From Code to Blueprint: A Coder’s Pivot to Baby Blue-Collar Life

After a layoff, Brian Gordon leaves coding for a 'baby blue-collar' path, moving from frontend developer roles to land surveying and then to civil site design, designing parking lots and drive-thrus for a fast-food company using AutoCAD. He pursued in-person networking after exploring multiple trades, accepts a roughly 30% pay cut and a return to office work with some site visits, and faces childcare challenges, but feels relieved and has no plans to return to tech, convinced AI will continue to reshape programming roles.

via Business Insider|

#ai-threats #autocad #blue-collar

careers7 days ago•7 min saved

Healthcare and Data Pros Lead Monster’s Workplace-Experience Ranking

Monster’s analysis of employee reviews from early 2026 through April identifies 15 roles with the strongest workplace experiences across eight job categories. Topping the list are healthcare practitioners (3.86), mathematics and data science professionals (3.85), science technicians (3.81), education and library professionals (3.78), and life science professionals (3.78), with several education, law, and finance roles also in the mix. The study emphasizes that strong workplace experiences are achievable across diverse fields and are shaped by factors beyond pay—such as workplace culture, leadership quality, growth opportunities, and work-life balance—noting the gap between the top roles and others is relatively narrow.

via Business Insider|

#careers #data-science #healthcare

careers9 days ago•6 min saved

Is a Nine-to-Five PhD Feasible? Readers Share Real-World Experiences

Nature’s readers say there is no universal nine-to-five PhD: a poll found about 20% of PhD students logged up to 40 hours a week, while the majority worked longer—some 80 hours or more—depending on topic, supervision, and field. While theoretical or mid-career paths can allow tighter schedules, experimental labs and pressure to publish often make a strict 9-to-5 impractical; overall the viability of a nine-to-five PhD hinges on topic, supervisory support, and institutional culture.

via Nature|

#academia #careers #phd

technology14 days ago•12 min saved

Six Googlers Exit for AI Upside Beyond the Dream Job

Six Google employees describe leaving the company—once considered tech’s dream job—to pursue AI‑driven startups, independent AI ventures, a PhD, or politics, driven by the lure of equity upside elsewhere, faster impact, and a reshaping of job security as the AI era creates opportunities beyond Big Tech.

via Business Insider|

#artificial-intelligence #careers #google

business19 days ago•3 min saved

Airline Pilots Top the Pay Scale in 20 Highest-Paying Non-Healthcare U.S. Jobs

A new ranking of the 20 highest-paying U.S. jobs outside healthcare shows airline pilots earning an average of about $288,650, with many top roles being managerial and salaries ranging from roughly $154,000 to $289,000; the article notes that healthcare dominates the top earners overall, but a sizeable non-healthcare cohort still commands substantial pay.

via Business Insider|

#airline-pilots #bls-data #business

careers21 days ago•8 min saved

Call Aversion Comes at a Cost for Young Professionals

A RiseGuide survey of 2,000 Gen Z and millennial workers finds many avoid calls, rehearse conversations, and report lost earnings or opportunities, a trend dubbed 'callergy' driven by a preference for texting, digital workarounds, and prescheduled calls with clear agendas.

via Business Insider|

#callergy #career-opportunities #careers

careers27 days ago•9 min saved

Laid off from Meta, a data scientist bets on an AI-powered career pivot

A 24-year-old Meta data scientist, Moyan Chen, was laid off in May after less than a year on the job and says AI-driven changes are prompting her to abandon the traditional corporate ladder. She plans a pivot toward AI-focused work, content creation, and possibly an AI startup or career coaching, using severance to explore options. Chen believes AI will replace many repetitive analytics tasks and that data scientists will need broader skills beyond coding and SQL, fueling a shift toward roles that align with her values and interests as she documents her journey online.

via Business Insider|

#artificial-intelligence #career-pivot #careers

careers1 month ago•13 min saved

AI Era Dims Cover Letters as Employers Seek Visible Skills

AI is accelerating the decline of traditional cover letters in hiring. Major firms have stopped requiring them, and recruiters increasingly rely on signals like recommendations, classroom performance, referrals, side projects, and verifiable skills demonstrated through live assessments or portfolios rather than polished AI-generated letters. The trend is toward a ‘show your work’ approach, with candidates highlighting concrete abilities and outcomes through resumes, LinkedIn profiles, GitHub projects, and real-world demonstrations rather than relying on standard cover letters—though writing remains valuable in some fields.

via Business Insider|

#ai #careers #cover-letters

careers1 month ago•41 min saved

Gen Z’s first-job hunt is tougher than millennials, new data show

Fortune reports Gen Z grads face a notably tougher job market than their millennial predecessors: about 58% of 2024–2025 graduates were still seeking their first job, and only around 12% landed full-time work by graduation, compared with higher prior-generation rates; globally, about 4.3 million Gen Z are NEETs, with UK NEETs rising too. AI-enabled hiring and a squeeze on entry-level roles are shrinking opportunities, prompting grads to pursue unconventional paths and urging earlier entry into the workforce as the traditional college-to-career promise weakens.

via Fortune|

#careers #employment #first-job

careers1 month ago•4 min saved

Pivoting After Graduation: Pursuing Public Policy Abroad

After years of applying to 100+ entry-level jobs and juggling multiple gigs, the author pivots from journalism to public policy, deciding to pursue a master’s degree abroad in France with a scholarship to boost competitiveness and focus on women’s health, while continuing to network and volunteer with nonprofits.

via Business Insider|

#career-change #careers #job-search

technology2 months ago•4 min saved

What Google Searches Reveal About Our True Desires

A Google data editor outlines three revealing search patterns: basic life skills like boiling an egg show a willingness to learn, people increasingly seek meaningful, helping careers over high pay, and searches like 'how to help' reflect compassion and mental-health awareness—proof that behind online noise we share common human concerns.

via CNBC|

#careers #data-journalism #google-trends

technology2 months ago•2 min saved

NASA Launches Portal to Hire Next-Gen Space Engineers

NASA and the Office of Personnel Management launched NASA Force, a new portal on usajobs.gov to recruit highly skilled early- to mid-career aerospace engineers and technologists for two-year positions with potential extensions, part of NASA’s Artemis-era workforce expansion and innovation push.

via Shore Daily News|

#careers #nasa #recruitment

workplace2 months ago•8 min saved

Pragmatic playbook for a ChatGPT-obsessed boss and an aging worker’s uphill climb

Two readers seek guidance on AI in the office: one older employee worries a boss who constantly uses ChatGPT for drafts and decisions, with the columnist suggesting treating AI as a tool, using precise prompts, and even turning the boss’s AI revisions back into AI to expose flaws while staying professional. The other reader fears age discrimination after being sidelined from a creative project; the advice is to calmly ask for explanations, assert your qualifications, and consider legal counsel if needed. Overall, balance AI adoption with clear communication and protect your value and career by being proactive and assertive.

via The New York Times|

#ageism #artificial-intelligence #careers

business3 months ago•47 min saved

21 Surprising High-Paying Jobs That Don’t Need a Degree

BuzzFeed compiles Reddit-type anecdotes about 21 jobs that pay surprisingly well, many without a degree—from poker dealers and train conductors to funeral-industry roles, MRI technologists, nursing-home administrators, UPS drivers, and plumbers—illustrating six-figure potential through skilled trades, seniority, or specialization, often with long hours and overtime.

via BuzzFeed|

#business #careers #high-paying-jobs

technology3 months ago•5 min saved

Inside AI’s Hottest Role: A 24-Year-Old Forward-Deployed Engineer’s Break-In

A 24-year-old forward-deployed engineer at Rippling explains how FDEs blend software engineering with direct customer work to tailor AI-powered solutions, a role pitched as the hottest in AI and popularized by Palantir. Success hinges on both technical coding ability and strong communication to understand client problems, with frequent context-switching between meetings, debugging, and product discussions. The path is seen as founder-bootcamp training for entrepreneurship, and the role is expected to persist due to growing enterprise AI demand even if overall profitability fluctuates.

via Business Insider|

#ai #careers #customer-facing