McKinsey CEO Bob Sternfels says AI is changing how the firm views the perfect job candidate

Tech Insider : Business, Technology
FILE PHOTO: The logo of consulting firm McKinsey and Company is seen at the high profile startups and high tech leaders gathering, Viva Tech,in Paris, France May 16, 2019. REUTERS/Charles Platiau
Logo of McKinsey and Company is seen at VivaTech fair in Paris

Reuters

Jobs report recap: US added fewer jobs in December than expected, capping off a tough 2025 for job seekers

Tech Insider : Economy, Business, Style
A woman walks out of a store with a prominent

Steven Senne/AP

It's jobs day in America.

The US added 50,000 jobs in December, and the unemployment rate dropped to 4.4%, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics' monthly report on the employment situation.

Economists expected to see 70,000 jobs added in the final month of 2025, and an unemployment rate of 4.5%.

The job market is totally broken. Here's how to navigate it anyway.

Tech Insider : Economy, Business, Technology
A bullseye with a golden suitcase in the center surrounded by darts

Getty Images; Tyler Le/BI

Texas Tech gambled on its 'underdog' head coach Joey McGuire. Here's what stood out during his interview and landed him the job.

Tech Insider : Business
joey mcguire
Head Coach Joey McGuire of the Texas Tech Red Raiders.

John E. Moore III/Getty Images

'The Diary of a CEO' host Steven Bartlett said he learnt a critical lesson after hiring someone with no experience

Tech Insider : Business, Economy
Steven Bartlett
Steven Bartlett is the founder and host of "The Diary of a CEO."

Dominic Lipinski/Getty Images

New H-1B visa rules upgrade some lottery applicants — and squeeze out others

Tech Insider : Business, Travel
Split image of an Amazon building on the left and a rear view of graduates on the right
Big Tech is emerging a winner in the new H-1B system, while early-stage startups could lose out.

Matthias Balk/nirat/Getty/Getty Images

The creator of Anthropic's Claude Code likes to hire engineers who do 'side quests' like making kombucha

Tech Insider : Business
The Anthropic logo is pictured.
Boris Cherny said that he wanted engineers who were "generalists" with "cool weekend projects."

Samuel Boivin/NurPhoto via Getty Images

What job seekers and employers need to learn about AI and hiring, according to Indeed's top marketer

Tech Insider : Business, Technology
James Whitemore speaking on stage at Indeed Future Works 2025
Indeed's chief marketing officer James Whitemore, speaking at the company's 2025 Future Works event

Indeed

Figure AI CEO says over 170,000 people have applied to his robot company in the last 3 years. He hired fewer than 500.

Tech Insider : Business
Figure AI CEO Brett Adcock
Figure AI CEO Brett Adcock said most of the 176,000 job applications his company saw was "slop."

Jae C. Hong/AP

BlackRock's head of talent acquisition reveals how AI has changed what he looks for in applicants

Tech Insider : Business, Economy, Technology
Nigel Williams BlackRock
Nigel Williams said AI is chaning what he looks for in applicants.

BlackRock

Subscribe to Hiring