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Airbnb CEO Brian Chesky warns two types of people won’t survive the AI era: ‘pure people managers’ and workers who resist change
Tech leaders have spent the past few years warning workers that AI will threaten every single job, from computer programming and customer service to law and finance. But according to Airbnb CEO Brian Chesky, the biggest risk to professionals isn’t the technology itself—it’s refusing to evolve alongside it. And in his view, there are two…
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Mark Zuckerberg once gave a Facebook engineer startup advice at 2 a.m. while ‘hanging out with all the interns’—she quit and raised millions after
When Sophie Novati landed her first job as an engineering intern at Facebook in 2011, the social media giant was firmly in its “move fast and break things” era. “The energy was buzzing early Facebook,” the now-tech entrepreneur recalls to Fortune. “There were so many people just trying to build and ship cool stuff.” “It…
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Here are the best hiring hotspots for recent graduates—cities in the Midwest and South are even outpacing career hubs like New York City
Graduation season is in full swing, and millions of budding professionals across America are turning their tassels and setting out to land their first full-time gigs. Growing Midwest and Southern cities are outshining hubs like New York and L.A. as the best destinations for new workers. Birmingham-Hoover, Alabama, is the top U.S. metropolitan area for…
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America 250 Chair: Americans are giving less. July 4th can be a day to change that
Charitable giving, once a defining feature of American life, is quietly slipping out of fashion. In recent years, the share of Americans who donate to charity has fallen sharply. Two decades ago, roughly two-thirds of US households gave to charitable causes. Today, it’s closer to half. Among the ultra-wealthy, there is a new and growing…
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Tokyo is throwing out its strict office dress code and asking workers to wear shorts amid the war in Iran energy crisis
As the summer rolls in, many dreams of jet-setting vacations are being dashed as fuel prices spike during the ongoing war in Iran. But it’s not the only way people are pivoting—workers in Japan are even being asked to ditch the slacks and opt for bare-legged attire at the office. The Tokyo metropolitan government recently…
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Gen Z workers say showing up 10 minutes late to work is as good as on time—but baby boomer bosses have zero tolerance for tardiness, research reveals
Chances are, how you feel about running 10 minutes late at work is a good indicator of how old you are. While it may be a sign of disrespect among baby boomers, Gen Zers don’t see the big deal. In fact, according to 2024 research, the youngest generation of workers believes 10 minutes late is…
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Hugh Jackman advises new grads that the most powerful career cues are ‘often disguised as failure’
You can be an Oscar-nominated actor; the face of one of the most prolific and highest-grossing action-movie series in history; a well-regarded theater actor and all-around social do-gooder—and still suffer from imposter syndrome. For college graduates, wide-eyed and uncertain of their futures, Hugh Jackman has some comforting words: you’re going to fail, and you’re going…
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He started as a part-time Starbucks barista at 17. Now he’s an exec designing the menu
For most people, a part-time barista job while studying is a means to an end: something to top up their bank account and pad their résumé before landing a “real” job. Sam Henderson thought the same when a friend convinced him to apply for a role at a Starbucks in Leicester, U.K., at 17. He…
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Diary of a CEO founder says he hired someone with ‘zero’ work experience because she ‘thanked the security guard by name’ before the interview
Job-seekers may believe that an Ivy League degree or Fortune 500 work experience will land them a gig—but who they thank while walking into an interview could be more important than their professional pedigree. Steven Bartlett, the founder and host of The Diary of a CEO podcast, took a chance on an applicant with a…
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Trump wants to cut federal loans from college programs that don’t pay off. College cosmetology, fine arts, and music programs are at risk
Colleges and universities may soon have to give students a blunt warning: some of their programs might not pay off. Earlier this month, the Department of Education proposed a new rule that would cut off federal student loan access to college programs whose students earn too little after they graduate. For undergraduate programs, those diploma…