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Peter Shankman, the original creator of “Help a Reporter Out” is on a mission to restore truth in media

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He told a reporter friend, who asked if there was a website to buy the shirts. In 2001, he sold it. He moved the queries to a Facebook group, and later to a website called Help A Reporter Out (HARO), in 2008. “I But first, he’d have to make some cash. He sold over 500 shirts in 6 hours and made $5,000.

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Gen Z’s Labor Market Triumph: Fastest Recovery in Recent History

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are “idled” (not enrolled and not employed, which includes the unemployed),” according to EPI’s report. in February 2020) in every month since February 2023.” Notably, the report reveals that unemployment rates for young college graduates (aged 21-24) have recovered over 2.5 in 2001-2005, and 7.5% years vs. 8.5 in 1990-1994.

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Tech Sector Drives Record Layoffs in 2023

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According to a report published by Yahoo Finance , this surge, which was the highest since 2020, was led by high-profile tech layoffs from giants like Meta and Amazon. More specifically, the tech sector is reported to have experienced a 73% increase in job cuts — closely mirroring the record highs of 2001.

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UK commercial property market shows signs of recovery, but not for offices

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The first half of 2024 marked the weakest performance for the UK office market since MSCI began tracking it in 2001, with only €4.2 In contrast, the office market continues to struggle, with values still facing significant declines. billion worth of transactions recorded.

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The Impenetrable Tech Industry May Have Met Its Match

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Layoffs have come to the normally reliable technology industry , and third-quarter reports are expected to highlight how bad the state of the job market has become in recent months. . Although job openings remain vast, the expected recession has led the world’s largest companies to take cost-cutting measures to weather the storm. .

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UK see largest contraction in Labour Force since the 1980s

Workplace Insight

The final report from the two-year Commission on the Future of Employment Support claims that the UK needs ‘once-in-a-generation reform’ to boost growth and improve living standards in the face of a huge contraction in the country’s labour force.

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The Digitialization of Jobs

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  The report: " presents a detailed analysis of changes in the digital content of 545 occupations covering 90 percent of the U.S. workforce in all industries since 2001.   As the report chart below shows (click to enlarge), the number of high digital jobs has grown from 5% of jobs in 2002 to 23% in 2016.

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