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• These workers have charisma, confidence — and no fear of AI taking their jobs. They’re the personality hires.
  MarketWatch·1d ago

  Employers are looking for “coachability, curiosity, reliability and comfort asking for clarification.”

• Working in the Data Center Build-Out
  Indeed Hiring Lab·2d ago

  Indeed data show data center roles attract local, specialized workers with higher pay and richer benefits — in exchange for nights, on-call shifts, and travel.

• The U.S. economy is shedding jobs. Why that’s good news for stocks.
  MarketWatch·5d ago

  A weaker labor market may mean the Federal Reserve can cut interest rates amid benign wage inflation, says 22V.

• Some of the urgency is gone for a Fed rate hike in September after a soft jobs report
  MarketWatch·7d ago

  The chances of a hike remain, with upcoming inflation reports a key focus for Fed officials.

• The size of the American workforce has fallen by over 1 million people in the past year. Here’s what’s going on.
  MarketWatch·7d ago

  The share of Americans who are working or looking for a job hasn’t been this low since the pandemic, according to a July jobs report full of gut punches.

• Here are three key takeaways from the disappointing July jobs report
  CNBC·7d ago

  Nonfarm payrolls in the U.S. unexpectedly declined in July, but so did the unemployment rate, leaving investors with mixed signals.

• July 2026 Jobs Report: Unexpected Turbulence
  Indeed Hiring Lab·7d ago

  The US labor market saw negative job growth in July 2026, with Government and Leisure & Hospitality leading the declines.

• July 2026 Jobs Report: Unexpected Turbulence
  Indeed Hiring Lab·7d ago

  The US labor market saw negative job growth in July 2026, with Government and Leisure & Hospitality leading the declines.

• U.S. economy unexpectedly lost 23,000 jobs in July
  CNBC·7d ago

  Nonfarm payrolls were projected to increase by 83,000 in July while the unemployment rate held steady at 4.2%, according to the Dow Jones consensus.

• The July jobs numbers are due out Friday. Here's what to expect
  CNBC·8d ago

  Nonfarm payrolls are expected to post a gain of just 83,000 with an unchanged unemployment rate at 4.2%.

• Q2 2026 Productivity and Costs Release: Productivity Keeps Growing, but Workers Aren’t Getting the Gains
  Indeed Hiring Lab·8d ago

  Even as labor productivity grows, workers’ share of the gains has dropped to the lowest level in almost 80 years.

• Q2 2026 Productivity and Costs Release: Productivity Keeps Growing, but Workers Aren’t Getting the Gains
  Indeed Hiring Lab·8d ago

  Even as labor productivity grows, workers’ share of the gains has dropped to the lowest level in almost 80 years.

• Layoffs fall to the lowest level since the U.S. put men on the moon. Here’s what that says about the economy.
  MarketWatch·8d ago

  Rising sales and a labor shortage are deterring job cuts. Jobless claims haven’t been this low since 1969.

• Dog days of summer? July jobs report likely to show soft pace of hiring.
  MarketWatch·9d ago

  The U.S. jobs market isn’t getting much better for people looking for work — but it’s not getting any worse, either.

• Challenger Report: Layoffs Fall, Hiring Picks Up; AI Leads For Fifth Straight Month
  Challenger, Gray & Christmas·9d ago

  U.S.-based employers announced 33,429 job cuts in July 2026, the lowest monthly total in two years, according to Challenger, Gray & Christmas. Artificial intelligence led all reasons for the fifth consecutive month at…

• Block slashed 40% of its workforce for AI — and its earnings suggest that’s paying off
  MarketWatch·9d ago

  “We can ship higher-quality products much, much more quickly,” an executive said in the wake of the company’s better-than-expected earnings report

• U.S. economy keeps up the momentum, but rising costs put a cap on new hiring
  MarketWatch·9d ago

  The largest part of the economy grew in July at a robust pace, but scattered shortages of key supplies and dogged inflation raised the cost of business and companies responded by keeping a lid on hiring.

• Private companies added just 44,000 workers in July, below expectations, ADP reports
  CNBC·9d ago

  Hiring at private companies slowed considerably in July, with most of the job growth coming health care.

• ADP says businesses add the fewer new jobs in six months
  MarketWatch·9d ago

  ADP said U.S. businesses created just 44,000 new jobs in July — the smallest increase in six months — in another sign of a sluggish labor market in which hiring is unusually soft.

• Economists Expect a Cooled Labor Market and an AI Reshuffling of White-Collar Work
  Indeed Hiring Lab·10d ago

  In the first Indeed Hiring Lab Labor Market Outlook Survey, more than 100 of the country's most prominent economists see a labor market that has already cooled — and expect AI to reshuffle white-collar work rather than…