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This week’s Careers newsletter offers advice for navigating a chaotic job market, how to stay motivated when unemployed, the best work-from-anywhere remote jobs and more.

While it's true that AI is replacing and will continue to replace some jobs. Workers in industries ranging from healthcare to agriculture and industrial sectors can all expect to see disruptions in ...

Hiring in 2026 is slower, more cautious, and more confusing than it has been in years, with employers pulling back on headcount while job seekers fire off hundreds of applications that vanish into ...

Job seekers in 2025 have faced a challenging hiring landscape. Companies aren't hiring at the same levels they used to, and applicants report facing stiff competition. AI screening résumés, employers ...

A recent string of high-profile layoffs have taken up headlines and caused anxiety in the workforce. Companies announced 153,074 layoffs in October, adding up to 1.1 million cut announcements for the ...

Employers across the U.S. added 64,000 jobs in November, beating economists' forecasts, new government data shows, even as new October figures revealed a loss of 105,000 jobs, a sign the labor market ...

Tech hiring for the next quarter is steady compared to a year ago. AI may be driving much of the continuing demand for tech talent. Those demands might be driving a rise in contract work. The ...

The brief US government shutdown has delayed the official jobs report for January – with the data now set to land on February 11 instead of this coming Friday – but the first look at hiring activity ...