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Women in technology
fromFortune
1 week ago

Gen Z women are the new face of unemployment-and it's not because they're too choosy. Low grades and bad health are to blame, new research warns | Fortune

Young women in the U.K. are increasingly joining NEET status at accelerating rates, with female unemployment jumping from 9.5% to 11.8% in 2024, reversing years of progress and outpacing male joblessness for the first time.
fromFortune
4 months ago

Job openings have plunged 32% since ChatGPT's debut-now, $35K healthcare work is one career option left for Gen Z, according to a Stanford study | Fortune

For months, leaders from Ford CEO Jim Farley to the Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell have sounded the alarm that AI could wipe out entry-level jobs. Now, newly released data suggests they could be right: Since ChatGPT's rise, job postings across the U.S. have fallen by about 32%, according to data from the Federal Reserve, as employers increasingly turn to AI tools and automation to boost efficiency.
Health
fromFortune
6 months ago

NYU professor says traditional networking is 'nonsense'-instead real friendships are key to success | Fortune

Gen Z is facing a dire labor market-and it's forced young professionals on the job hunt to stealthily promote their resumes with boxes of donuts, or to take up waitressing gigs at conferences just to get a foot in the door. But Suzy Welch, professor of management practice at New York University, believes the key to success is a lot simpler than that.
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