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Markets have hit record highs, but recent college graduates are facing higher joblessness, major tech firms continue layoffs, and AI is adding new uncertainty to hiring decisions. Al Jazeera's Heidi Zhou-Castro Reports

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College grads are spending $100,000+ to have a higher unemployment rate than [ checks notes ] -- everyone, including non-college graduates. This is because of AI. 1. It is simpler to give your existing employees AI tools than to bother them with mentorship. 2. It's simpler to automate the repetitive work that executives dump on recent graduates. #ISWIS The Vice President JD Vance JD Vance and I had this discussion two weeks ago in DC. We need to keep an eye on this, because young American, college-educated workers are more expensive than BOTH AI and offshoring.

College grads are spending $100,000+ to have a higher unemployment rate than [ checks notes ] -- everyone, including non-college graduates. This is because of AI. 1. It is simpler to give your existing employees AI tools than to bother them with mentorship. 2. It's simpler to automate the repetitive work that executives dump on recent graduates. #ISWIS The Vice President JD Vance JD Vance and I had this discussion two weeks ago in DC. We need to keep an eye on this, because young American, college-educated workers are more expensive than BOTH AI and offshoring.

@jason

92,563 views • 1 year ago

Sam Altman said it straight in a CNBC interview: the companies adopting AI the most are hiring the most, and the ones doing layoffs are the ones adopting AI the least. This completely flips the narrative that AI is killing jobs. At the end of the day, AI is a productivity tool. Yes, some jobs will become redundant and obsolete, that is how it is for every technological revolution. But those who adopt quickly will have a higher chance of making it.

Sam Altman said it straight in a CNBC interview: the companies adopting AI the most are hiring the most, and the ones doing layoffs are the ones adopting AI the least. This completely flips the narrative that AI is killing jobs. At the end of the day, AI is a productivity tool. Yes, some jobs will become redundant and obsolete, that is how it is for every technological revolution. But those who adopt quickly will have a higher chance of making it.

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THE STOCK MARKET CRASH IS SET UP PERFECTLY! 1. Consumers are still spending money they don't have. - Consumer spending makes up 70% of GDP - But personal savings are near record lows and - Credit card balances are at record highs - This is not sustainable and when consumers stop spending - earnings fall and markets follow! 2. The labor market has persevered but is showing cracks. - Hiring has slowed significantly and layoffs are increasing - Its not a strong labor market, its a lagging labor market which always happens right before downturns! - Less people employed means less consumer spending Rate cuts won't save us this time! Here is the cycle of false confidence that always happens right before the real crash, and it's happening RIGHT NOW!

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"Quiet Layoffs" are the new "Quiet Quitting", I told CNN. Tech giants are demanding employees return to office or resign... in hopes many will voluntarily quit to reduce severance payoffs and bad PR. AI is another big driver of mass layoffs Tech giants are retooling to bring in experts on new ChatGPT-style LLM technology, and are cutting teams building with old techniques. AI automation is starting to cause layoffs too by letting fewer people get more done, even if employers don't realize it. 70% of surveyed professionals said they were using AI tools but not telling their bosses. But at least access to AI jobs is democratizing. Our firm SignalFire's research found a 50% drop in the percentage of AI hires with PhDs or Ivy League schooling, with hirers preferring applied work experience. I bet we'll see more job interviews include homework projects using the hirer's actual software stack instead of resumé screens and theoretical questions. Our full AI-vy League report here

Josh Constine 📶🔥

16,714 views • 2 years ago

WE ARE IN THE PERFECT SET UP FOR A STOCK MARKET CRASH. 1. Consumers are still spending money they don't have. - Consumer spending makes up 70% of GDP - But personal savings are near record lows and - Credit card balances are at record highs - This is not sustainable and when consumers stop spending - earnings fall and markets follow! 2. The labor market has persevered but is showing cracks. - Hiring has slowed significantly and layoffs are increasing - Its not a strong labor market, its a lagging labor market which always happens right before downturns! - Less people employed means less consumer spending Rate cuts won't save us this time! Will Private Credit be that single catalyst? Here is the cycle of false confidence that always happens right before the real crash, and it's happening RIGHT NOW!

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30,298 views • 5 months ago

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Kevin Hassett: "I think there could be a little bit of an almost quiet time in the labor market, because firms are finding that AI is making their workers so productive that they don't necessarily have to hire the new kids out of college and so on."

Kevin Hassett: "I think there could be a little bit of an almost quiet time in the labor market, because firms are finding that AI is making their workers so productive that they don't necessarily have to hire the new kids out of college and so on."

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1,150,048 views • 9 months ago

HIGHER 🇨🇦 EDUCATION IS GOING TO ZERO.... And the most dangerous part? Many leaders know what’s happening… but won’t say it publicly. They keep selling the public an AI jobs apocalypse story. But look closer: 🔹 Entry-level hiring has been slashed 🔹 Companies are quietly freezing junior intake 🔹 Jobs are being offshored 🔹 High interest rates crushed expansion + hiring 🔹 Experienced workers are taking starter roles 🔹 Wages are being pushed down Now Mark Warner says recent grad unemployment in the U.S. could hit 30% within two years. 🇨🇦 should be paying attention. Because when tuitioN is not cheap, debt rises, and jobs disappear… The value of the degree starts going to zero.

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Shazi

17,070 views • 4 months ago

We're watching the birth of a new economic model. January 2026 just hit 108,435 layoffs. The highest January since 2009. Up 118% from last year. Up 205% from December. And here's the number that's even more important: New hires announced in January: 5,306. The LOWEST since they started tracking in 2009. For every 1 person companies announced hiring, they announced cutting 20. UPS is slashing 30,000 jobs. Amazon is cutting 16,000. Dow is restructuring thousands. Healthcare just hit its worst month since April 2020. But here's what makes this terrifying: GDP is still growing at 4%. The economy looks fine on paper. Yet companies are firing at 2009 rates. Wharton professor Mohamed El-Erian called it out: "These layoffs are occurring while GDP continues to grow at approximately 4 percent, accelerating the decoupling of employment from economic growth." Read that again. Employment is decoupling from growth. Companies are making more money with fewer people. This is something new. The economy is growing. Profits are up. And jobs are disappearing anyway. AI was cited for 7,624 of January's layoffs. 7% of the total. But that's just the companies willing to admit it. Every CEO is talking about AI. Every earnings call mentions it. The market rewards companies that announce AI efficiency. The real number is probably 3x higher. The funny part is that "contract loss" was the #1 reason cited. 30,784 layoffs. In other words, companies aren't renewing deals. They're pulling back. They're expecting less business. This is what happens when corporations get spooked at the same time. These layoff decisions were made in late 2025. Before the new year even started, executives looked at 2026 and said: "Cut now." The narrative has been "no-hire, no-fire." Companies aren't growing headcount but they're not shrinking either. That story just died. We're now in "no-hire, YES-fire." Hiring is frozen. Layoffs are accelerating. And the economy keeps growing. If this continues, we're watching the birth of a new economic model. One where prosperity and employment finally divorce for good. What do you think?

We're watching the birth of a new economic model. January 2026 just hit 108,435 layoffs. The highest January since 2009. Up 118% from last year. Up 205% from December. And here's the number that's even more important: New hires announced in January: 5,306. The LOWEST since they started tracking in 2009. For every 1 person companies announced hiring, they announced cutting 20. UPS is slashing 30,000 jobs. Amazon is cutting 16,000. Dow is restructuring thousands. Healthcare just hit its worst month since April 2020. But here's what makes this terrifying: GDP is still growing at 4%. The economy looks fine on paper. Yet companies are firing at 2009 rates. Wharton professor Mohamed El-Erian called it out: "These layoffs are occurring while GDP continues to grow at approximately 4 percent, accelerating the decoupling of employment from economic growth." Read that again. Employment is decoupling from growth. Companies are making more money with fewer people. This is something new. The economy is growing. Profits are up. And jobs are disappearing anyway. AI was cited for 7,624 of January's layoffs. 7% of the total. But that's just the companies willing to admit it. Every CEO is talking about AI. Every earnings call mentions it. The market rewards companies that announce AI efficiency. The real number is probably 3x higher. The funny part is that "contract loss" was the #1 reason cited. 30,784 layoffs. In other words, companies aren't renewing deals. They're pulling back. They're expecting less business. This is what happens when corporations get spooked at the same time. These layoff decisions were made in late 2025. Before the new year even started, executives looked at 2026 and said: "Cut now." The narrative has been "no-hire, no-fire." Companies aren't growing headcount but they're not shrinking either. That story just died. We're now in "no-hire, YES-fire." Hiring is frozen. Layoffs are accelerating. And the economy keeps growing. If this continues, we're watching the birth of a new economic model. One where prosperity and employment finally divorce for good. What do you think?

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45,739 views • 6 months ago

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Marc Andreessen on why companies are cutting headcount, and why AI is taking the blame for something it didn't cause: "Why are we seeing layoffs every year? Why is every CEO I'm meeting saying, 'Oh, we're flat headcount or we're reducing.'" His answer points straight to interest rates. "Every big company had to replan all of their financials. All their cost of capital went up five points." When rates spiked, companies were forced to rethink everything. That cracked open a deeper problem: the hiring binge of the COVID era. "What you have happening right now is you have essentially every large company that is overstaffed." So why is AI taking the heat? Marc Andreessen 🇺🇸 is blunt: "They all have the silver bullet excuse, right? Ah, it's AI." But the timeline doesn't hold up. Marc makes it clear the numbers simply don't support that story: "AI, until literally December, was not actually good enough to do any of the jobs that they're actually cutting. So it just can't have been AI." The same logic applies to new graduates struggling to land work. People are quick to point at automation, but Marc sees two more grounded explanations. First, the over-hiring hangover: companies that ballooned headcount during COVID are now pulling back hard and not bringing new hires in on top of that. Second, a harder conversation about skills. Marc puts it plainly: "Maybe the skill set of a lot of college graduates over the last decade doesn't necessarily match to the job market. That's a very uncomfortable conversation. But if you talk to any employer, they'll immediately tell you that." The real story is simpler than people think. Companies overspent when money was cheap, overhired during COVID, and now the skills coming out of universities don't match what the job market needs.

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22,681 views • 4 months ago

🚨👀 Vinicius Jr.'s future has taken another dramatic twist... Reports claim contract talks with Real Madrid have hit a major obstacle, and Arsenal are now being heavily linked with the Brazilian. There's also speculation that a recent meeting involving Vinicius didn't go as planned, adding even more fuel to the transfer rumors. Could one of the biggest moves in football really be on the cards?

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28,274 views • 2 months ago

REPORT: A major warning sign from 2008 just flashed again in the U.S. economy, and the alarm bells are becoming impossible to ignore. The numbers now coming in are so severe that analysts are openly predicting a new Great Recession. The damage is coming from every direction and accelerating fast. Foreclosures, evictions, repossessions, and mass layoffs are all surging at the same time, creating a pattern the political class can no longer brush aside. Foreclosure filings in October were 19% higher than last year, the eighth straight month of increases. More than a million renters have been forced out in the past year. Subprime auto delinquencies just hit the highest level ever recorded, and more than 7.5 million vehicles are already in the repossession pipeline. Major lenders are failing, Verizon is preparing to cut 15,000 jobs, and AI-driven layoffs are sweeping through entire industries. As global instability rises and elites steer the country toward a digital-ID future, Americans are left asking: why isn’t anyone in Washington sounding the alarm? Watch the full report: 👇

REPORT: A major warning sign from 2008 just flashed again in the U.S. economy, and the alarm bells are becoming impossible to ignore. The numbers now coming in are so severe that analysts are openly predicting a new Great Recession. The damage is coming from every direction and accelerating fast. Foreclosures, evictions, repossessions, and mass layoffs are all surging at the same time, creating a pattern the political class can no longer brush aside. Foreclosure filings in October were 19% higher than last year, the eighth straight month of increases. More than a million renters have been forced out in the past year. Subprime auto delinquencies just hit the highest level ever recorded, and more than 7.5 million vehicles are already in the repossession pipeline. Major lenders are failing, Verizon is preparing to cut 15,000 jobs, and AI-driven layoffs are sweeping through entire industries. As global instability rises and elites steer the country toward a digital-ID future, Americans are left asking: why isn’t anyone in Washington sounding the alarm? Watch the full report: 👇

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Is AI causing Big Tech layoffs? No, according to Marc Andreessen. Rather, it’s because of sloppy, lazy Covid era over-hiring. 25% to 75% excess headcount: “Employees became an icon on a screen. “Essentially every large company is overstaffed… “It’s at least overstaffed by 25%. I think most large companies are probably overstaffed by 50%. I think a lot of them are overstaffed by 75%. “And now they all have the silver bullet excuse [in AI]. “I know this for a fact because I talk to [the CEOs].” - Marc Andreessen / Marc Andreessen 🇺🇸 on 20VC Fund

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