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China Opens Community-Level Posts to College Graduates in New Employment Push
A joint circular directs urban and rural communities to expand hiring of graduates in sociology, social work, psychology...
AI Is Rewiring Jobs, Not Just Cutting Them: Hiring Down 24% While AI Engineers Surge 251%
Visier's study of 3.6 million employee records finds hiring fell 24% from 2022-2026, but the real story is role-level ch...
Slovak GDP Growth Slows to 0.7% in Q2 as Investment Declines
Second-quarter GDP grew 0.7% year on year, the weakest pace in four quarters, as higher consumption offset falling inves...
German Auto Industry Employment Falls Below 700,000, Lowest Since 2005
Official data show 42,300 German auto jobs disappeared in a year, with parts suppliers hit hardest as the wider manufact...
French Firms' AI Use Triples to 18%, Nearing EU Average, Insee Says
An Insee survey finds 18% of French companies with 10 or more staff used AI in 2025, tripling since 2023 and close to th...
The Rise of the 'Disposable Worker'—and How AI Could Make More of Them
An expert's data-driven warning: contract, freelance and 'marginal' staff now do essential work without real security, a...
ISM Services PMI Inches Up to 54.1, but Employment Slips into Contraction
The ISM Services PMI edged 0.1 point higher to 54.1 in July, supported by surging business activity and solid new orders...
AI Automation Is Erasing Entry-Level Jobs, Threatening Future Talent Pipeline
New research shows AI-driven automation is cutting demand for junior roles while raising skill requirements for those th...
Slovakia's Record Job Vacancies Go Unfilled as Skills Mismatch Deepens
Despite a record 152,862 vacancies, Slovakia's unemployment rate hit 5.9%, exposing a widening gap between worker skills...
Portugal’s Big Five Banks Shed 283 Jobs in First Half of 2026 as Branch Networks Slim
The five largest Portuguese banks collectively employed 25,085 people at end-June, down 283 from a year ago, as cost-cut...
ISM Services PMI Rises to 54.1 in July as Business Activity Jumps, Employment Weakens
The ISM Services PMI edged up to 54.1 in July, marking a 25th straight month of expansion, as business activity surged a...
Turkey’s Unemployment Rate Dips to 7.6% in June as Job Market Gains Ground
The seasonally adjusted jobless rate fell 0.5 points to 7.6%, employment rose by 227,000, and youth unemployment dropped...
NVIDIA CEO Jensen Huang: AI Will Eliminate Tasks, Not Jobs — But the Data Isn't So Clear-Cut
At Y Combinator's Startup School, Huang argued that AI automates routine tasks while preserving the broader purpose of j...
Chile’s Biminister Mas Warns of ‘Months of Bad News’ on Jobs as Business Groups Pitch Recovery Plans
Economy and Labor Minister Mas met with the CPC to launch “Modo Empleo” and heard sectoral proposals to lift employment,...
Nvidia's Jensen Huang Rejects 'AI Bloodbath' Fears, Sees Job Growth From Automation
At Y Combinator, Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang argued that AI automates tasks, not entire jobs, and will spark more hiring thr...
Brazilian Court Reverses Dismissal After Worker Clocks Out 4 Minutes Late
A food sector company in Uberlândia fired an employee for just cause after he registered four extra minutes of work. A l...
Piracicaba Region Lists Over 1,400 Job Openings; Azul Recruits 220 Pilots
Opportunities span industry, commerce, services and internships across five cities, with special PCD selections and a pi...
Angola: Private Sector Drove 95% of 774,000 New Formal Jobs Since 2023
Angola created 774,000 formal jobs between January 2023 and June 2026, with 95% coming from the private sector, the econ...
AI's Next Crisis: The Income Tax Collapse That Could Shake Governments
A Bloomberg analysis warns that automation of high-paying white-collar jobs by AI may hollow out income tax bases, forci...