Locked out of their white-collar careers, older Americans turn to blue-collar jobs and side hustles
Older Americans are turning to blue-collar jobs amid a white-collar hiring slowdown. Some says they're facing age bias and financial challenges.
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Skipping college and switching jobs: What older Americans regret about their careers
Many older Americans regret some of their career choices, such as not prioritizing education, frequent job changes, and involvement in workplace drama.
'My life is a million times better': A man who quit his desk job to be an electrician shares his takeaways from the switch
Unhappy with his career, Dustin Snyder left his office job to become an electrician. He shared key lessons from the switch to blue collar work.
The 9 sectors shedding the most jobs — with AI automating over 12,000 in one of them
Layoffs are creeping up and job openings are drying up in these sectors despite a blockbuster jobs report, according to Challenger, Gray & Christmas.
For white-collar prisoners who just can't disconnect, $3,000 contraband cellphones can literally fall from the sky
Well-heeled criminals who just can't disconnect are paying top dollar for contraband prison cellphones. Sometimes it's a drone making the delivery.
I'm a book editor and my partner is a window cleaner. We don't compete in any way, and I love that.
My partner used to clean my windows and asked me out three times before I said yes. Working in different jobs means we don't compete in our careers.
Can't find a job? It's not you, it's white-collar America.
If it feels like the labor market is breaking up with you, you're not being gaslit; it's harder to find a white-collar job right now.
Dating a carpenter taught me my career is not my identity. He doesn't worry about getting laid off and just focuses on the next job.
I'm a journalist and consultant, and my partner is a carpenter. He showed me my career isn't my identity and changed how I think about layoffs.
Andreessen Horowitz investor says half of Google's white-collar staff probably do 'no real work'
Andreessen Horowitz's David Ulevitch said Google was an "amazing example" of a company with "BS jobs."
It's getting really hard to find a job that pays well
Job growth is booming in low-paying, traditionally female industries, but high-paying roles might be harder to find.
Sam Bankman-Fried may soon go to jail for alleged witness tampering after leaking Caroline Ellison's diary entries
Prosecutors asked a judge to revoke FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried's house arrest conditions and lock him up ahead of his criminal trial.
We asked if people want to be in the office Mondays, Fridays — or neither. A big landlord says 5-day workweeks are dead.
One big landlord said Fridays in the office are likely "dead forever" and Mondays are "touch-and-go." So we asked readers if and when they go in.
Meet a millennial who makes up to 6 figures doing blue collar work after ditching law school during the Great Recession: 'We've always had that middle-class-life dream'
Doug, a skilled tradesman, says his blue-collar career allowed him to live the American dream of buying a house and having financial stability.
Young people in China are giving up high-paying jobs to become baristas and waiters, and they're talking about it online
On Xiaohongshu, China's Instagram, many young people are sharing their new "no-brainer" jobs under the hashtag "my first physical-work experience."
I swapped performing in a circus for an office job. I've now got more stability and money — but I can't do a handstand when I'm stressed out
I put my body through a lot when I worked as an acrobat and dancer for a year. I miss the thrill of flying through the air, but not the injuries.
This one chart shows why pandemic boomtowns like Phoenix and Denver are in trouble — they're running out of water
Remote workers flocked to cities like Dallas, Denver, and Phoenix during the pandemic, putting an additional strain on limited resources like water.
I stole people's identities for a living. Here are the top 4 things everyone should do to lower their risk of getting hacked by cybercriminals.
Brett Johnson was once a credit card and identity thief but now works to detect internet fraud. He says most people make the same mistakes online.
'Big Short' investor Michael Burry expects pressure on white-collar wages — and points to Tesla firing office workers as evidence
Burry predicts the US labor market will be split in two, with a glut of office workers, and a shortage of their unskilled and semi-skilled peers.
Embezzlement is when a someone entrusted with money or personal property misuses it for personal gain
Embezzlement is misappropriation of property or money to someone who was entrusted with the management of those assets.
It's time to give white-collar perks to traditionally blue-collar jobs
Experts say that the pandemic has been a wake up call for employers who've failed to prioritize retaining workers in traditionally blue-collar jobs.