When it comes to managing your finances, you may feel like you have to do the most: reap the most rewards from your credit cards, pay as little as you can in taxes, earn the highest returns on your investments and extract the most interest from your savings. If you feel this sort of pressure,…
Despite slower job growth compared to the last decade, the U.S. economy is expected to add 5.2 million jobs from 2024 to 2034, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics’ latest employment projection report. Total employment is projected to grow by 3.1%. Based on the report, the top-growing industry sectors for 2034 are health care…
This story is part of CNBC Make It’s Six-Figure Side Hustle series, where people with lucrative side hustles break down the routines and habits they’ve used to make money on top of their full-time jobs. Got a story to tell? Let us know! Email us at AskMakeIt@cnbc.com. When Tayo Lanlehin was planning her son’s first birthday party in…
Ina Garten is an expert on making major career changes: she built a multimillion-dollar culinary empire after she quit her government job to open a food store. Garten’s husband Jeffrey gave her sage advice when she decided to leave her previous career, she told Amy Poehler in a Nov. 25 episode of her podcast “Good…
Bestselling author and wellness leader Deepak Chopra is optimistic about the possibilities of artificial intelligence. “The thing is, AI is here to stay,” he says. Chopra believes that while the technology can be harmful, it can also be beneficial when used very specifically for self-discovery. Chopra recommends using AI chatbots to get to know yourself…
Being a great leader takes time and practice, and a growing share of workers are trying to get better at it. Search interest in the term “leadership” is at an all-time high, according to Google data, along with related terms like training, best practices, advice on how to lead a team and sources for professional…
At this point, shopping on Black Friday is every bit a Thanksgiving tradition as turkey dinners and pumpkin pie. But certain discounts you see online may not be as good a deal as advertised. In fact, 36% of items on sale for Black Friday offer no savings compared with how they were priced between Oct….
It’s been a tough job market for young professionals, but there’s some good news for 2026: New grads with up to four years’ work experience are expected to see stronger wage growth next year, according to Glassdoor research. In other words, early-career workers who can secure a job are likely to have more spending power,…
Amina AlTai has always been a high achiever. As a child of immigrants, she was told to “keep your head down, work really hard, and if you do that, you’ll have everything you want,” she tells CNBC Make It. Her early career looked “great on paper,” she says: AlTai opened her own marketing agency in…
Warren Buffett will no longer write the letters that accompany his firm, Berkshire Hathaway’s annual reports, nor will he field questions at the company’s annual shareholder meeting, he wrote in a letter published on Monday. “As the British would say, I’m ‘going quiet,’” he wrote. “Sort of.” Even after Greg Abel takes the reins as…
