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  Arizona State University will enroll its first Content Creation majors this fall. The bachelor’s degree, housed in the Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communication, teaches video and podcast production, audience analytics, and personal branding, and its capstone requires students to build a following on a platform of their choice and show measurable

  Two-thirds of Gen Z think becoming a trades person is a quicker way to a $100K salary than going to college. A poll of 2,000 16- to 28-year-olds in the U.S. found only 32% think opting for university instead of an apprenticeship was a good idea. Gaining hands-on experience (37%), the avoidance of student

  Wage equality helps define how workers share in economic growth. When top earners pull far ahead of median workers, rising high-end pay concentrates gains among a relatively small group. According to the Economic Policy Institute, earnings inequality has “redistributed wages away from most workers” and stifled “broader-based wage growth.” However, wider wage gaps may

  More than 20 million involuntary job separations happen in the U.S. each year, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics. For many workers, the next step is navigating an increasingly complex hiring process that relies on automation and digital screening, often without the tools or visibility to understand how those systems work. EarnIn, an

  As long as employers continue to use online job boards to hire workers, fake job offers will continue to plague passive and active job seekers. What’s more, newer generative AI tools have started doing a lot of the heavy lifting for scammers. Between the proliferation of AI tools and the approaching fall season, now

  Your side hustle may not be your full-time job, but it’s still a real business — and vulnerable to real business risks and unexpected costs. Whether you sell on Etsy, run a Shopify store, freelance after work or book clients on weekends, you’re taking on many of the same risks as any other business

  The market for personal beauty services is large and growing, with one report estimating its size at $233.56 billion worldwide in 2025, and projecting 7.22% compound annual growth rate between now and 2032. In the U.S. alone, it will grow to generate $75.87 billion annually over this time period, and a number of factors

  Congress made Labor Day a federal holiday in 1894 to honor the American worker. For the people who move Americans and their furniture, it is one of the busiest working weekends of the year. Data from more than 1.5 million completed jobs at Lugg, an on-demand moving and delivery service operating in more than

  Mentorship is an often-overlooked factor in academic success for many students. Students without mentors face concrete disadvantages: Research reveals higher dropout rates, weaker academic performance, and diminished confidence in their ability to succeed. Institutions struggle with retention problems that drain resources and harm reputation. Yet mentorship remains one of the most underutilized tools for

  The U.S. job market strengthened during the second quarter of 2026, offering a welcome reprieve after months of volatility. Still, as AI continues to reshape the workplace, the improvements are not being felt equally across the market, according to a new job report from professional services firm Toptal. The company’s High-skilled Job Report for

  Former liberal arts majors, journalists, and other lovers of the written word are flocking to a new career path: brand journalism. This type of role involves much of the same research and writing work that journalists are accustomed to, but within a business setting instead of a newsroom. Depending on their role and the

  Businesses looking to improve employee retention can make the mistake of attacking this problem with remuneration. The reality is that high pay won’t solve high worker turnover unless it’s combined with other strategies designed to improve engagement and build a stronger overall company culture that people actually want to be part of. Putting together

Toptal reports that layoffs are reshaping the job market, pushing displaced workers to enhance skills and seek opportunities beyond traditional employers, especially amid AI adoption.