Chip Makers Contend for Talent as Industry Faces Labor Shortage
A limited supply of qualified workers poses a challenge as facilities are built around the world to bolster the supply of semiconductors.
Small businesses aren’t happy with who’s applying for their open jobs
"Labor quality" is the top overall concern of small businesses, according to the NFIB’s July Small Business Jobs Report.
A lot of people are waiting for porta potties -- and not just folks who need to go
Potable toilet suppliers and manufacturers are scrambling to make sure that they have enough porta potties to go around.
As Amazon, McDonald’s Raise Wages, Small Businesses Struggle to Keep Up
Companies are forgoing investment and turning down contracts as they compete with unemployment benefits and wage increases at larger firms.
Special Episode: How Worrying Are Global Supply Chain Issues? · Morgan Stanley
As World Runs Short of Workers, a Boost for Wages—and Inflation
In the world’s two largest economies, plunging birthrates and aging populations are squeezing the labor supply.
After a Remote Year, Tech’s Shadow Workforce Barely Hangs On
As tech campuses became ghost towns, the people who kept them running—cooks, custodians, drivers—faced an existential threat to their livelihoods.
Tech Work Under the Pandemic
An interview series by Data & Society and Tech Workers Coalition
How Amazon Exploited a Weakened America
The immense power of Jeff Bezos’s empire reveals a country that has been falling apart for quite some time.
A K-Shaped Recovery, This Time on a Global Scale
Emerging markets are at risk of falling far behind their advanced counterparts. That’s the whole world’s problem, officials warned.
Talent, skills gap among top barriers to growing digital business
Supply chains adopting automation and robotics require a labor force to operate and oversee emerging technologies.
Andrew Yang Promised to Create 100,000 Jobs. He Ended Up With 150.
Mr. Yang is running for mayor of New York City as a bold thinker and entrepreneur. But his results have been uneven.
Tell Your Boss the Four-Day Week Is Coming Soon
A century after the invention of the weekend, more companies are adding another day.