The shadowy new way employees are cheating their way to the top

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Shadow workers are immersed in darkness behind a screen
Across the globe, a wave of workers are secretly outsourcing parts or all of their jobs.

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Remi never intended to secretly outsource her job. It sort of just happened.

Employers want students with generative AI skills for work, but students just want to use it for fun

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College students are wary about AI for work, but it might be their ticket to a job.

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Being a voluntary NEET can be good for your mental health, according to a psychologist

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Being a NEET can be a mental health win, according to a psychologist (stock image).

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A Gen Xer relocated from Austin to rural Arkansas thanks to a $16,000 mover incentive that helped pay his mortgage. Now he's enjoying the 'good, hometown living.'

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Britt Lorino, 55, moved from Austin to Osceola, Arkansas with his wife as part of a mover incentive program.

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Work friends are over and maybe that's actually fine

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Work friendships are dying out, and it may be for the best.

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Gen Zers are embracing remote and flexible customer service jobs — but the freedom comes at a cost

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Young workers are increasingly considering customer service as the perfect "lazy girl job."

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OpenAI's CTO treats creativity like a problem to be solved — and that itself is the problem

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OpenAI CTO Mira Murati weighed in on AI-driven job loss, saying AI will eliminate some creative jobs — but those jobs "shouldn't have been there in the first place."

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Job seekers are jumping through more hoops to get hired as power shifts back to employers

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Job hunters are complaining of a pretty brutal recruitment market.

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He's sworn by the same résumé format for the past 9 years. In 2022, it landed him a $350,000 job at Google — check it out.

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Yung-Yu Lin at a Meta office event
Yung-Yu Lin has worked at Yahoo, Meta, Visa, PayPal, and Google.

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I retrained as a plumber after being laid off from my media job and becoming a mom. I love the flexibility.

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R.J. Fenton, 40, opted to reskill as a plumber after she became a single mom during the pandemic.

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