Plus, how to find the missing skills in your field, some student loan borrowers could see a pay cut and the most notable career crashes and comebacks of 2025 in this week's Careers newsletter.
While January has already seen a tumultuous and headline-filled six days, 2026 is off to a great start for the more than 8 million Americans whoto kick off the year. Nineteen states raised their minimum wage on January 1, marking the first time that aThat federal wage now applies in only eight states, where there is either no state floor set or the state mandates $7.
25-an-hour, a rate that hasn’t been raised since 2009. The biggest hourly increase came in Hawaii, where the state minimum went from $14 to $16 an hour. And Washington became the first to set a statewide minimum of more than $17 an hour. Proponents argue that the increases are necessary to keep up with the rising cost of living is to think about how you are an AI verifier, an AI manager, in addition to what you were doing before. But if you’re asking it how you can improve in your role, you have to remember you know better than it does. At the end of the day, the chatbot is not the expert in your field. You’re the one who’s living it every day. So don’t outsource all your thinking.jobless claims fell for the third straight weekfrom 1.91 million. While we’ll learn the full December jobs data later this week, Americans’ confidence in the job market remains low. From poor financial performance to inappropriate workplace relationships and federal investigations, 2025’s crashes included names like Olivia Nuzzi and Ashley Buchanan. But as easily as a career can crash, a presidential pardon, smart investment or timely return, with more notices to come each month. That means a portion of the borrowers’ earnings would be held back to pay off their student debt.new trade association report . It’s a trend that “may, over time, harm the local innovation engine and Israel’s technological leadership,” according to the Israel Advanced Technology Industries Association.After working for Elon Musk at SpaceX, many of the company’s former employees have left to start their own ventures—and have received massive funding to do soNearly half of U.S. workers say they need to have $1 million or more saved up for retirement, a 37% increase from 2024, according to 401 provider
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