NEW YORK FED: 42% of recent college graduates are underemployed

WALL STREET JOURNAL: Nearly 1 in 5 young Chinese aged 16 to 24 who aren’t in school is unemployed

WALL STREET JOURNAL: Ebay confirms job cuts of about 9%

GROK: 10 Careers to Avoid Due to Growing AI Concerns 1. Data entry clerks 2. Telemarketers 3. Basic customer service reps 4. Bookkeepers/accounting clerks 5. Translators/interpreters 6. Generic content/copywriters 7. Legal secretaries/paralegals 8. Admin assistants/office clerks 9. Basic graphic designers 10. Junior programmers for boilerplate code

NEW YORK POST: Gen Z is losing faith in the promise of a college education

WALL STREET JOURNAL: Netflix to lay off about 6% of its global staff, or about 1,000 jobs

ATLANTA FED: The income needed to afford a home has pulled far ahead of what most Americans earn

POLITICO: Entry-level openings have dropped 35% since 2023

THE KOBEISSI LETTER: The tech sector alone has seen 135,000 layoffs so far in 2026 across 330 companies

WALL STREET JOURNAL: American Express to cut 5% of jobs, about 3,500 employees

CNBC: 54% US workers regularly skip lunch on the job due to high food costs, increasing job pressure

Layoff Announcements so far in 2026: 1. UPS: 30,000 Employees 2. Oracle: 30,000 Employees 3. Amazon: 16,000 Employees 4. Omnicom: 15,000 Employees 5. Meta: 8,000 Employees 6. Microsoft: 4,800 Employees 7. Dow Chemical: 4,500 Employees 8. Cisco: Fewer Than 4,000 Employees 9. American Express: 3,840 Employees 10. Uber: 3,300 Employees 11. Renault: Up to 2,400 Employees 12. Nike: 1,400 Employees 13. General Motors: 1,300 Employees 14. Disney: 1,000 Employees 15. Citigroup: 1,000 Employees

FORTUNE: AI is killing 10,000+ jobs per month

FORTUNE: More than half of Gen Zers and nearly 60% of millennials said they’re depending on an inheritance to retire comfortably

GALLUP: Only 41% of all U.S. workers hold "quality jobs"

BBC: Barclays cutting 5,000 jobs as bank increases its use of AI

GOLDMAN SACHS: A 15% productivity boost from AI could temporarily displace around 9% of workers

USA TODAY: 5.5% of employed Americans, about 9 million people, hold multiple jobs

GREENHOUSE: 81% U.S. candidates were rejected from a job in the past year without ever speaking to anyone at the company, human or AI

FAST COMPANY: Ghost jobs have become so common, spotting them is now "an essential skill"