Trends & Insights: Work and Career Strategies for the Future
From AI disruption to leadership strategy, labor policy, and skills development, we explore the deeper shifts driving the future of work. Each article offers analysis, trends, or original perspectives to help professionals navigate what’s next.
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Doctors and researchers are comparing today’s concerns over AI chatbots to the early days of social media panic. Reports of “AI psychosis” suggest a new public health challenge: the illusion of intimacy with machines.
Discrimination in the EU has increased sharply in recent years. Yet according to the OECD, many groups still lack consistent protection under national laws, despite rising reports of bias and exclusion.
AI skills are becoming essential in legal and consulting jobs, according to new global hiring data from PwC. While overall hiring in professional services has held steady, demand for AI capabilities has increased.
Microsoft data shows that junior employees are managing AI agents to perform strategic tasks once reserved for senior staff. This shift is redefining how early-career roles are structured.
New ILO figures show persistent divides in youth unemployment. Young people in middle-income economies face the highest jobless rates, while low-income regions struggle with informal work.
While remote work has become standard in tech and finance, millions of US workers in service, construction, and production still have little or no access to it.
As AI systems move deeper into everyday workflows, some companies are building teams around agent-to-human ratios. Here's what that means for staffing, training, and accountability.
Youth unemployment increased across the eurozone in May 2025, even as total EU joblessness held steady. New Stardom examines the latest Eurostat figures and highlights which countries are most affected.
Laptop farms, clusters of U.S.-based devices used by foreign operatives, are now central to large-scale remote work fraud and cyber infiltration.
TikTok Shop has made it easy for anyone to sell anything fast. All it takes is 1,000 followers, a trending product, and the camera pointed at you.
The new path to work doesn’t involve a job title. It’s a content loop, a checkout link, and a product. TikTok has made it scalable for anyone.
AI systems, new labor laws, delayed retirements, and platform work are reshaping employment. Governments, companies, and workers are adjusting to a shifting job market.
Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei warns AI may replace half of entry-level white-collar jobs within five years, with unemployment potentially reaching 20%.
Companies are struggling to hire cybersecurity specialists with advanced skills. From cloud security to threat intelligence, here’s what’s in demand in 2025.

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