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Side Hustles Are Back
Hark, the Return
of the Side Hustle
Jun 21, 2025 9:00 AM CDT

Hark, the Return of the Side Hustle

More US workers have multiple sources of income, especially younger generations

(Newser) - A slew of new surveys and studies point to a clear trend: Side hustles are back amid worries about what's in store for the economy.
  • More than 6 in 10 US workers say they'll probably get a second job or start a side hustle in the next year,
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Amazon CEO to Staff: AI Will Take Some of Your Jobs

Those who embrace the change can 'help us reinvent the company,' says Andy Jassy

(Newser) - Amazon, the second-largest private employer in the US, has warned employees could lose their jobs as the company embraces artificial intelligence. Over the next few years, the company expects to "reduce our total corporate workforce as we get efficiency gains from using AI extensively across the company," President...

The 10 Best US Employers
The 10 Best US Employers
Apr 3, 2025 11:00 AM CDT

The 10 Best US Employers

Hilton tops Fortune 's top 100 firms for 2025

(Newser) - Looking for a workplace you can settle into for the long haul? How happy you are on the job plays a big part in that, and so Fortune set out to identify the companies that offer that employment satisfaction. The outlet notes that at the center of this assessment is...

Florida's Idea to Replace Migrant Labor: Child Labor

GOP Gov. Ron DeSantis, state Legislature pushing bill to loosen child labor laws, allow overnight shifts

(Newser) - Long before President Trump returned to the White House, Florida began cracking down on companies hiring undocumented immigrants. Now, a new dilemma: Who will take on the lower-paying jobs in the state that those immigrants held? The state Legislature has an idea: loosening labor laws so kids can slip into...

Don't Have a Degree? These Jobs Pay Decent Bucks

Elevator/escalator installer is at top of Kiplinger's list, with a median annual salary that's over 6 figures

(Newser) - Not sure if a university degree is for you? There are still plenty of jobs that offer a pretty good paycheck sans that piece of paper. Kiplinger sifted through data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics to see which gigs present the best salaries and job growth projections, all without...

Hiring Remains Steady, but Wildcards Loom

Employers add 151K jobs, below expectations, but number doesn't reflect federal firings

(Newser) - The new jobs report shows that employers continued to hire at a solid pace in February, but a wave of federal firings, along with possible tariffs, may start clouding the picture going forward. Details:
  • Employers added 151,000 jobs in February, up from 125,000 in January though below expectations
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Taliban: NGOs With Women Workers Will Be Closed

Afghanistan rulers also say windows shouldn't look out on places where women may appear

(Newser) - The Taliban say they'll close all national and foreign nongovernmental groups in Afghanistan employing women. It comes two years after they told NGOs to suspend the employment of Afghan women, allegedly because they didn't wear the Islamic headscarf correctly. In a letter published on X on Sunday, the...

Working at These Fortune 500 Companies Is a Snoozefest

PlayUSA.com ranks the most boring companies to work for

(Newser) - Working at a Fortune 500 company can have its perks, or it can bore you to tears. PlayUSA.com trawled through 2.4 million Glassdoor reviews to identify the 10 most mind-numbingly tedious places to work, reports Quartz . Their analysis named RTX (the company formerly known as Raytheon before its...

Guys, Welcome to the 'Pink Collar' Workforce
Guys, Welcome to the
'Pink Collar' Workforce
OPINION
Dec 12, 2024 9:45 AM CST

Guys, Welcome to the 'Pink Collar' Workforce

We should embrace men taking on caregiver jobs traditionally done by women, per NYT op-ed

(Newser) - When it comes to evolving over the past six decades or so, "Plastic Woman" ("American women who made miraculous social progress in the 20th century") outpaced "Cardboard Man" ("American men who stalled out"), according to two archetypes described by Jessica Grose in an op-ed...

2025's Job Forecast Looks Best in These States

New Hampshire tops WalletHub's list, while West Virginia comes in last

(Newser) - Since the end of the pandemic, employment in the US has been in a state of flux , swinging between strong jobs reports to high rates of continuing unemployment claims. But according to WalletHub , key indicators show which states will have the strongest employment prospects in the coming year. They used...

Young People Are Balking at Becoming Managers

Gen Z doesn't want the stress, per new Robert Walters survey

(Newser) - If you're worried that some young whippersnapper may someday become your boss, you may breathe a little easier at the latest finding: Young professionals really don't want that type of job. That's according to the latest research from headhunting and recruitment company Robert Walters, which found that...

All Those Jobs We Added? The Estimate Was Way Off

Preliminary revision moves count down by 818K jobs for 12 months ending in March

(Newser) - Each year, the Labor Department reconciles the monthly estimates of new jobs with the actual unemployment tax records that meander in from the states. This year's preliminary revision, for the 12 months ending in March 2024, is a sizable one: The US added 818,000 fewer jobs over that...

In Jobs Market, 'The Vibes Have Gotten Worse'

New York Fed survey shows churn in labor market with 1 in 4 respondents seeking new job

(Newser) - More Americans are looking for a new job and expecting to lose the one they have, according to the New York Federal Reserve's July consumer poll , released Monday. The survey, which has been polling roughly 1,000 Americans about work every four months since 2014, found 28.4% of...

Jobs Report Shows 'Another Healthy Month of Hiring'

America's employers added 206K jobs in June, a strong gain despite pullback from May's numbers

(Newser) - America's employers delivered another healthy month of hiring in June, adding 206,000 jobs and once again displaying the US economy's ability to withstand continually high interest rates. Last month's job growth did mark a pullback from 218,000 in May. But it was still a strong...

DOJ Hits Firm With Fine After 'Whites Only' Job Listing

Labor Department got involved, too, after ad posted by Virginia's Arthur Grand Technologies

(Newser) - In March of last year, Arthur Grand Technologies, a tech firm based in Loudoun County, Virginia, posted an ad for an open business analyst position within the company. That in itself isn't unusual, but the wording of the ad was a different story. "US Born Citizens [white] who...

These Cities' Job Markets Are A-Plus for Young Workers

Tucson, Arizona, tops LinkedIn list of best places for young workers seeking job opportunities

(Newser) - As young adults launch their work lives after graduation, where to start off is one of the biggest questions at top of mind. That could mean relocation is in the cards, notes Quartz —so enter LinkedIn , which just put out its 2024 "kickstarting your career" primer, including the...

Get Paid $100K to Throw Pool Parties All Summer

Swimply is looking for a CPO: chief pools officer

(Newser) - Wishing your summer could be one giant pool party? Imagine we told you it could—and that you'd get paid handsomely for it. For one lucky person, that prospect will become reality when they're hired for the CPO (chief pools officer) position now being advertised by private pool...

Here Are the Best (and Worst) Places to Kick Off Your Career

Atlanta tops WalletHub's list for those just starting off

(Newser) - With college commencement ceremonies currently taking place around the nation, lots of eyes are on where this latest slew of grads will end up working. WalletHub wanted to find out which US cities were the best places to kick off one's career, so it looked at more than 180...

People Are Happiest at Work Than Ever...Sort of

Conference Board's latest survey ranks job satisfaction higher than ever, but with a caveat

(Newser) - Morale is up for employees these days, at least according to Conference Board's latest report on US job satisfaction. Worker satisfaction hit an all-time high since the nonprofit research group began distributing the survey in 1987, with 62.7% of respondents reporting back that they're satisfied on the...

Job Seekers Get Callbacks Based on Their Names

A new 'Discrimination Report Card' is out, and white-sounding names seem to get more callbacks

(Newser) - In 2004, a study found that job applicants with stereotypically white-sounding names got callbacks for interviews 50% more than applicants with Black-sounding names. Now, scientists have rebooted that research, and while the results are better than they were two decades ago, they show that racial bias still appears to come...

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