Work News and Trends: Global Shifts in Employment, Tech & the Future of Work
This section covers key developments in employment, and how people work, across industries, borders, and job levels.
This section covers key developments in employment, and how people work, across industries, borders, and job levels.
The United Nations faces 6,900 job cuts and a 20% budget reduction as unpaid contributions and U.S. foreign aid cuts deepen its financial crisis.
Tariffs on other countries are paused for now, a 90-day window for trade negotiations. But the effects of these policies are already showing up in real places: in paused hiring, changed orders, freight reroutes, and cautious management calls.
Last spring, a marketing graduate posted a 45-second video résumé to TikTok. It outlined her skills, editing style, and the kind of team she wanted to join. Within a week, recruiters had messaged her directly, none of whom had seen her LinkedIn profile or résumé submission.