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AI boom is fueling demand for skilled trades—and demand for technicians, HVAC workers, and electricians is soaring, with six-figure salaries to match

Big Tech is cutting office jobs while also fueling a surge in six-figure skilled trade roles for Gen Z—demand for technicians, HVAC workers, and...

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TV host Mike Rowe slams schools for portraying skilled trades as a ‘consolation prize’—when he’s met data center electricians making $280K a year

America pushed a generation toward college—now it’s short hundreds of thousands of skilled workers, and “Dirty Jobs” host Mike Rowe is joining...

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Disney’s new CEO Josh D’Amaro once planned to be a sculptor. He admits ‘I don’t know’ is one of the most important phrases in his career

Josh D’Amaro, the longtime Disney executive replacing Bob Iger, says admitting to what you don’t know is a career superpower, and it guided his...

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BlackRock CEO Larry Fink warns AI could leave the class of 2026 facing the highest unemployment in years—even without a recession

New college graduates hoping for a white-collar career shouldn’t hold their breath, BlackRock boss Larry Fink warns: “AI is going to disrupt many...

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Liberal arts degrees have long paid the worst salaries—but Microsoft chief scientist says in the age of AI, they will be ‘really important’ for Gen Z

Move over computer science, Microsoft exec says liberal-arts degrees now teach the skills Gen Z needs to land jobs in the AI era.

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Melinda French Gates reveals the No.1 question Gen Z need to ask themselves fresh after graduating: ‘Am I really on the way to where I want to go?’

Billionaire philanthropist Melinda French Gates urges Gen Z to question their career paths and how it's shaping them—and it’s advice shared by top...

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This 18-year-old college student accidentally emailed thousands of classmates—it turned his pet-sitting business into a valuable side hustle

University of Alabama student Hector Gutierrez joins a growing number of Gen Zers building their own businesses before even finishing college.

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Mary Barra still responds to ‘every single letter’ she gets by hand despite running $65 billion automaker General Motors

Want to catch the attention of a CEO like General Motors boss Mary Barra? Write her a letter. Chances are she’ll read it and even respond.

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Meet Chresten Wilson, the airline captain set to become United’s most senior female pilot ever—the job pays $400K and doesn’t require a college degree

United Airlines has over 18,000 pilots—and after 42 years in the cockpit, Chresten Wilson is poised to become the most senior one at United.

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Billionaire Vinod Khosla says ‘follow your passion’ is bad career advice for kids today—but could be the best in 15 years

Sun Microsystems cofounder Vinod Khosla says AI could upend career advice for Gen Alpha—shifting away from college and “safe” jobs.

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Shark Tank’s Daymond John went from waiting tables at Red Lobster to a $350 million net worth—and his No. 1 success rule is an Ice‑T mantra

“Since Ice-T shared it with me, I’m sharing it with you: ‘Cutting corners doesn’t move you forward. It just keeps you going in circles,’”...

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BlackRock is splashing $100 million on training plumbers, electricians, and HVAC technicians as its CEO flags a skilled trade worker shortage

As BlackRock CEO Larry Fink warns the U.S. could run out of electricians needed to build AI data centers, his investment company is putting $100...

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Citi CEO Jane Fraser has a Warren Buffett-approved trick for dealing with a toxic boss or difficult colleague: ‘Never in anger, respond to that email’

Citigroup CEO Jane Fraser says Warren Buffett gave her two rules for handling conflict at work. The first? "You can always call them an asshole...

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Worried about AI job cuts? It might be time to move to Europe, where companies are planning to hiring more—not less—workers thanks to AI

While Silicon Valley warns AI could wipe out millions of jobs within 18 months, new research suggests companies across Europe are actually hiring more...

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Gen Z men with college degrees now have the same unemployment rate as non-grads—a sign that the higher education payoff is dead

Gen Z is increasingly slamming their degrees as useless, and new research indicates there may be some truth when it comes to the job hunt.

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The average American teacher makes $72,000, but one in three are so broke they’re taking on side hustles like Uber driving

Teaching is seen as an AI-proof career by Gen Z—but with the American Dream becoming more out of reach, educators have turned to second jobs to make...

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This 10-year-old in California taught herself to read—now she’s just enrolled in a college class while still in elementary school

While her classmates may prefer YouTube, fourth grader Honey Cooper picks up physical books—and just enrolled at San Bernardino Valley College.

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Warren Buffett once admitted that selling McDonald’s shares was ‘a very big mistake.’ Today, they’d be worth over $10 billion

Warren Buffett once dumped millions of McDonald’s shares—and it turned into a multibillion-dollar investing lesson in patience.

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A dire electrician shortage is a ‘life-or-death’ threat to the AI data center boom—and an opportunity for Gen Z

By going all in on AI, tech companies like Meta and Microsoft are shaking up white-collar career paths—and creating a huge demand for new...

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Meet the Gen Z college students who turned Excel into a competitive esport—they’re competing in spreadsheet challenges and it’s helping them land jobs

Microsoft-backed spreadsheet competitions are turning Gen Z college students into job-market standouts.

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Workers are making over $1 million by secretly holding down multiple gigs—and they’re doing it all within the 40-hour workweek

Holding multiple full-time jobs may sound impossible, but these overemployed remote workers are managing to squeeze in two to three jobs within a...

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Walmart exec says the U.S. needs to get tougher on training its next generation of workers in AI: ‘Look at China, 5-year-olds are learning DeepSeek’

As AI threatens white-collar work, the U.S. should learn from China’s tech training for children, Walmart’s chief people officer Donna Morris said.

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Despite the constant ‘job apocalypse’ warnings, computer science graduates are actually on track to earn $81,000 right out of college

New data suggests that fears about the demise of computer science majors may be overblown—with demand outpacing MBAs and starting salaries growing...

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Ex-presidential candidate Andrew Yang warns that millions of white-collar workers will lose their jobs within 18 months: ‘The AI jobpocalypse is here’

AI is about to gut millions of office jobs, says ex-presidential candidate Andrew Yang. But even dog walkers, hairstylists, and restaurants will be...

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Alibaba cofounder tells aspiring entrepreneurs that work-life balance shouldn’t be a priority because ‘you’re not gonna go home very much’ anyway

Alibaba cofounder Joe Tsai admits the work–life balance lines will blur with success, especially if you pick the right team—a view shared by...

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While Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang enjoys an over $150 billion net worth, his fellow cofounder Curtis Priem sold out in 2006—and missed out on $600 billion

Nvidia cofounder Curtis Priem sold his 13% stake by 2006—but if he hadn’t, he’d be the second richest man alive.

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Not all degrees are a waste of time: MBA graduates from Harvard, MIT, and Wharton are making over $245,000 just three years after graduating

While many Gen Z college grads struggle in the job market, recent MBA graduates from Harvard and MIT are pulling in close to a quarter of a million...

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40% of Stanford undergrads receive disability accommodations—but it’s become a college-wide phenomenon as Gen Z try to succeed in the current climate

Colleges are seeing unprecedented demand for disability accommodations as Gen Z faces continued struggles with mental health—and a desire to find...

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Mark Cuban shares the ‘smartest counter’ he’s seen yet to AI stealing jobs—at least in the short-term

As tech CEOs predict mass AI-job displacement, billionaire former “Shark Tank” star Mark Cuban just revealed the "smartest counter” to that narrative.

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Instead of replacing workers with AI, Walmart is dishing out training for over 1.6 million U.S. employees

Trillion-dollar retail giant Walmart says it’s not using AI to slash headcounts—instead, it’s providing workers with free access to Google AI...

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Exclusive: Google report warns that only 5% of workers are AI fluent—and they’re likely losing raises and promotions as a result

The C-suite is pushing for AI productivity gains, but less than half of all workers are using the technology—or getting the proper training,...

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OpenAI is paying workers $1.5 million in stock-based compensation on average, the highest of any tech startup in history

The AI talent war is pushing ChatGPT creator OpenAI to give out millions in equity compensation to its 4,000 employees. Meanwhile, its boss, Sam...

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YouTuber Logan Paul cashes in $16.5 million for his Pokémon card. It’s vindication for the ‘armchair quarterbacks yelling from the sidelines,’ he says

The social media mogul, Logan Paul, just set a world record for the most expensive trading card ever sold—he made a 200% return on his initial...

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Cisco CEO says all people who are wildly successful in tech share 3 traits

Technical chops matter—but Chuck Robbins says EQ and commitment to the team are what really separate top performers in the AI era.

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Fox News’ Dana Perino’s advice for Gen Z graduates: Stop waiting for the perfect job and just start working

The former press secretary and “The Five” co-host urges Gen Z graduates to stop holding out for perfect roles and start building connections now.

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IBM is tripling the number of Gen Z entry-level jobs after finding the limits of AI adoption

Gen Z jobs aren’t dead yet: $240 billion tech giant IBM says it’s rewriting entry-level jobs—and tripling down on its hiring of young talent.

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Billionaire founder of Minecraft slams anyone advocating using AI to write code as ‘incompetent or evil’

Minecraft creator Markus Persson has just issued a warning: That AI is “being forced down our throats” and that leaders behind the push are “evil”.

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At 22, Olympic skier Eileen Gu is worth over $20 million —she’s juggling brand deals and sports with school. And she urges Gen Z not to wait until they’re ‘older’ to start.

22-year-old Olympian Eileen Gu is the fourth-highest-paid woman in sports, ahead of stars like Naomi Osaka and Caitlin Clark. Yet she’s still a...

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Ex-Google exec says degrees in law and medicine are a waste of time because they take so long to complete that AI will catch up by graduation

“Higher education as we know it is on the verge of becoming obsolete,” the former Google AI leader told Fortune.

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Cisco’s CEO Chuck Robbins slams ‘stupid’ interviews for internal promotions—instead, he cares more about whether your peers think you deserve it

Forget interview prep—the boss of the $340 billion tech giant Cisco believes employees on track for a promotion must get the approval of their peers.

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Billionaire Jenny Just says she could have saved ‘10 years of losses’ if she had learned this skill sooner from playing poker

'You have a lot of self-awareness when you start to play poker,' billionaire Jenny Just says—and it’s a game that even guided the late Charlie...

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In the AI era, Mark Cuban, Mary Barra, and even Sam Altman have one tip for Gen Z: unplug and go analog

While CEOs like Jensen Huang embrace an always-on mentality, other executives argue for being intentionally human—and unplugging from AI technology...

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Even with $850 billion to his name, Elon Musk admits ‘money can’t buy happiness.’ But billionaire Mark Cuban says it’s not so simple

Elon Musk may be the richest person on the planet—and on track to become a trillionaire—but a viral social post indicates his wealth is not...

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Forget a degree—$30 billion defense startup Anduril will fast-track your job application if you can win its AI drone flying contest

Anduril founder Palmer Luckey admits he likes to hire people with experience off the beaten path—and he’s now scouting new talent via an...

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Ahead of the 2026 Olympics, gold and silver prices have soared—raising the potential financial windfalls for the best athletes

With gold prices soaring, Olympic medals are now worth more money than ever—and some athletes, like swimming champion Ryan Lochte, are cashing in on...

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Disney’s new CEO Josh D’Amaro once planned to be a sculptor. He admits that ‘I don’t know’ is one of the most important phrases in his career

Josh D’Amaro, the longtime Disney executive replacing Bob Iger, says admitting to what you don’t know is a career superpower, and it guided his...

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$15 billion tech CEO says she doesn’t know what jobs will look like in 2 years—but she’s still pushing her son into computer science

HubSpot CEO Yamini Rangan admits tech jobs are changing fast—but says Gen Z shouldn’t ditch higher education: “Depth in an area, combined with...

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Alexis Ohanian walked out of the LSAT 20 minutes in, went to a Waffle House, and decided he was ‘gonna invent a career.’ He founded Reddit

Reddit, now worth more than $40 billion, would have never happened without Alexis Ohanian ditching law school in favor of entrepreneurship.

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Pfizer CEO Albert Bourla’s best leadership advice: Being optimistic is better than being right

Albert Bourla, the boss of the $150 billion pharmaceutical giant Pfizer, admits leaders don’t win by always being right—the key is being someone...

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Kevin Warsh went from selling racetrack pencils to Trump’s new Fed chair pick. His advice for Gen Z: Merit is the ultimate currency in the workplace

Before Wall Street and Washington, Kevin Warsh sold pencils at a horse track. His secret for success is simple: work harder than everyone else—and...

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