People in Tijuana, Mexico, look though the U.S.-Mexico border wall at Border Field State Park on Aug. 17, 2025 in Imperial Beach, California. Kevin Carter | Getty Images News | Getty Images Early evidence suggests that White House policy is reducing the size of the immigrant labor force, in turn contributing to a recent drawdown…
Alistair Berg | Digitalvision | Getty Images While you may hope to step out of the workforce sooner rather than later, it’s easier said than done, experts say. On average, surveyed Americans, asked “What age should you be” for retirement, said 58, according to a recent report by Empower, which polled 1,001 adults on June…
A student studies in the Perry-Castaneda Library at the University of Texas at Austin on February 22, 2024 in Austin, Texas. Brandon Bell | Getty Images When the Trump administration first announced in April that it would soon resume student loan collection efforts, it said notices for wage garnishment would resume “later this summer.” It’s…
Martin Barraud | OJO Images | Getty Images The so-called great resignation has become the “great stay.” But experts say workers aren’t just staying — they’re “job hugging.” Job hugging is the act of holding onto a job “for dear life,” consultants at Korn Ferry, an organizational consulting firm, wrote this week. Such clinging is…
Seri Thompson has been on the job market for eight months. In that time, she’s applied to over 180 jobs. Some of them are related to her new communications degree, like for social media or marketing jobs. Lately she’s also applied to jobs unrelated to her field, like assistant or retail positions. In the meantime,…
Jose Luis Pelaez Inc | Digitalvision | Getty Images There’s a way for student borrowers pursuing Public Service Loan Forgiveness to get their debt wiped away sooner than they might have expected. But that program, called PSLF Buyback, has been experiencing some challenges of late. Chief among them: As of July 31, there’s a 72,730-person…
Ever dreamed of taking a sabbatical from your career and traveling the world? Jason Lee and his wife Katie did that when, in July 2024, they moved themselves and their son from Columbus, Ohio, to Taipei, Taiwan. Jason and Katie, both 34, came up with the idea after they brought Forrest, now 6, to visit…
Bartender Athena Young cleans glasses while speaking to the Review-Journal about the “no tax on tips” policy at Atomic Kitchen in Las Vegas, Wednesday, July 31, 2024. Las Vegas Review-journal | Tribune News Service | Getty Images Maddy Lopez, a bartender in Los Angeles, has spent 25 years working in the restaurant industry, where tips…
Johner Images | Johner Images Royalty-free | Getty Images President Donald Trump‘s “big beautiful bill” overhauled the so-called Standard Repayment Plan for federal student loan borrowers. Next year, millions of current borrowers will have access to the changed program. For new borrowers, it will be one of just two options available to pay back their debt. That…
Mo Gawdat, former chief business officer at Google X, the company’s innovation lab, says AI is likely coming for your role — whether you’re in the C-suite or an entry-level worker. The idea that artificial intelligence will create jobs is “100% crap,” Gawdat said Monday on the “Diary of a CEO” podcast, using his own…
