Maria Gracia Santillana
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A new report is saying the quiet part outloud -- most of Americans do not hold quality jobs. My latest
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Majority Of Americans Lack Quality Jobs, Report Finds
As the labor market continues to cool, only 40% of U.S. workers report they hold good jobs.
https://www.forbes.com/sites/mariagraciasantillanalinares/2025/10/16/majority-of-americans-lack-quality-jobs-report-finds/
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Between the Trump Administration declaring private accounts a red flag for foreign students and prospective employers using AI to find fake applicants, the old rules are becoming obsolete. Fiona Riley and I report for our latest
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How Scrubbing Your Instagram, TikTok And X Accounts Could Backfire And Hurt Your Job Prospects
Between the Trump Administration declaring private accounts a red flag for foreign students and employers using AI to find fake applicants, the old rules are becoming obsolete.
https://www.forbes.com/sites/mariagraciasantillanalinares/2025/08/02/how-scrubbing-your-social-media-could-backfire-and-even-hurt-your-job-prospects/
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Success isn't owned, it's rented; youth is a mindset, embrace it; collect experiences over promotions. Those are just some of the best career advice from this year's commencement speakers. Check out the rest (which we'll be updating!) below:
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The Best Career Advice From 2025’s Commencement Speakers.
This year’s commencement speakers–ranging from the Eagles’ A.J. Brown to Kermit the Frog–have largely focused on the personal skills needed to thrive in today’s challenging times. Some touted the adv...
https://www.forbes.com/sites/mariagraciasantillanalinares/2025/05/23/the-best-career-advice-from-2025s-commencement-speakers/
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Why one CTO still deploys code every week, how hired-hands at some of the largest companies in the world became billionaires and why it could get harder to ditch the corporate grind in this week's
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Why It Could Get Harder To Ditch The Corporate Grind
Plus, a look at the hired-hand billionaires, Gen Z's skills go underutilized and Black Women see the largest unemployment gain in April in this week's Careers newsletter.
https://www.forbes.com/sites/mariagraciasantillanalinares/2025/05/20/why-it-could-get-harder-to-ditch-the-corporate-grind/
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Fewer foreign-born workers are looking for jobs in the U.S. plus why shareholders vote down anti-DEI proposals, missed payments and layoffs at Selena Gomez's Wondermind and Meta's military ambitions in today's
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Fewer Foreign Workers Are Eyeing U.S. Jobs
Plus, why shareholders vote down anti-DEI proposals, missed payments and layoffs at Selena Gomez's Wondermind and Meta's military ambitions in today's Careers newsletter.
https://www.forbes.com/sites/mariagraciasantillanalinares/2025/05/13/fewer-foreign-workers-are-eyeing-us-jobs/
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Alex Knapp
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The National Science Foundation has halted all funding activities.
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Exclusive: NSF stops awarding new grants and funding existing ones
US science funder also plans to screen grant applications for compliance with ‘agency priorities’.
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Alan Ohnsman
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NEW: Elon Musk says he’ll spend more time at Tesla but he’s not offering any near-term fixes to its sagging sales and brand image as market conditions get tougher. The easiest fix would be a hit new EV but none is on the horizon
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Elon Musk Is Running Out Of Ideas To Save Tesla
He's dialing down his DOGE role but Tesla needs a new hit EV and none is on the horizon. And the company’s booming battery business will suffer from Trump’s tariffs.
https://www.forbes.com/sites/alanohnsman/2025/04/25/elon-musk-is-running-out-of-ideas-to-save-tesla/
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Iain Martin
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There’s a surprising name lurking in the rankings of startups that have raised the most funding this year. Infinite Reality. This obscure metaverse startup claims to have raised $3 billion on a $15 billion valuation. Not all is as it seems...
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Following a number of high-profile incidents of stops and device searches at the border, some employers are thinking about issuing burner phones to their U.S.-bound workers, just like they would to China. My latest for
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After Border Incidents, Employers Worry–And Even Issue Burner Phones For U.S. Travel
Some foreign business travelers are taking precautions, just as they would for travel to China. Meanwhile, U.S. companies with foreign workers have their own worries.
https://www.forbes.com/sites/mariagraciasantillanalinares/2025/04/17/after-border-incidents-employers-worryand-even-issue-burner-phones-for-us-travel/
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Emily Baker-White
6 months ago
Paging through cancelled HHS grants a few weeks ago, I noticed an alarming trend: 'DOGE' was shuttering maternal and child healthcare programs, despite what Musk and Trump were saying about 'The Birth Rate.' New from me, on the human costs of DOGE:
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Pregnant Women Are Losing Access to Care, Formula And Shelter Because of Elon Musk and Donald Trump
Elon Musk has long claimed civilization will collapse unless we raise the birth rate. Meanwhile, his “DOGE” group is slashing billions in funding for pregnant and nursing mothers and their children.
https://www.forbes.com/sites/emilybaker-white/2025/04/11/elon_musks_war_on_moms_and_babies/
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Rashi Shrivastava
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Our seventh annual
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AI50 list is live! This was one of the most competitive years for the AI 50 list, which features the world's most promising AI startups. Startups are shifting focus from the AI model horserace to build applications that automate scutwork across specific domains.
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Forbes 2025 AI 50 List - Top Artificial Intelligence Companies Ranked
The Forbes Artificial Intelligence 50 List of 2025 spotlights promising AI-driven businesses. See the leaders driving the future of the industry.
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Giacomo Tognini
7 months ago
New U.S. tariffs go into effect at midnight. That's set off a mad scramble as shipping firms rush to get as many ships loaded with their customers' goods to the U.S. before midnight strikes--and sent shipping costs soaring. Read my latest for
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It’s A Mad Rush To Beat Midnight Tariff Deadline, Say Shipping Firms
With U.S. tariffs on more than 80 countries set to take effect on Wednesday, companies are racing to load containers onto ships before the midnight deadline.
https://www.forbes.com/sites/giacomotognini/2025/04/08/ahead-of-midnight-us-tariff-deadline-shipping-companies-are-rushing-to-get-goods-on-board/
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Walmart, Blackstone and others join the Burning Glass Institute in insisting that skills, not degrees, are the key to job success. Their new career website could be a game changer for 11 million jobs, from software engineer and financial manager to customer service.
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Employers Including Blackstone, Walmart, And Microsoft, Increasing Focus On Skills Over College Degrees
Workforce development firm Burning Glass insists that skills, rather than degrees, are the key to job success. Its new skill-specific job description language could be a game changer for 11 million j...
https://www.forbes.com/sites/mariagraciasantillanalinares/2025/04/08/employers-including-blackstone-walmart-and-microsoft-increasing-focus-on-skills-over-college-degrees/
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Job Growth Accelerated In March—But Unemployment Hits 4.2% As Tariffs Threaten To Send Jobless Rate Over 5%
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Job Growth Accelerated In March—But Unemployment Hits 4.2% As Tariffs Threaten To Send Jobless Rate Over 5%
Federal government employment shrank by 4,000 in March as Elon Musk’s DOGE firings took hold.
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7 months ago
Small Business Owners Debate Whether To Display Trump’s Tariff Costs On Receipts
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Tariffs are raising prices. Small businesses weigh how to explain it
Small businesses debate showing tariff costs as prices rise under the new trade rules. Some see transparency as smart, others worry it sends the wrong message.
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Phoebe Liu
7 months ago
Here’s why Amazon—despite being a retail giant & heavily dependent on goods manufactured in China—is positioned well to withstand the
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blows. Read my latest for
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below. I'd love to hear your thoughts in the comments/dms ⬇️
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Why Now May Be A Good Time To Bet on Amazon
Amazon's share price—and Jeff Bezos' net worth—slid after Trump's tariff announcements. But Amazon is positioned well to withstand the tariff blows. Here's why.
https://www.forbes.com/sites/phoebeliu/2025/04/04/despite-share-slide-billionaire-jeff-bezos-and-amazon-look-likely-trump-tariff-winners/
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Anna Bower
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NEWS: More than 500 law firms sign on to an amicus brief in support of Perkins Coie amid the firm’s legal battle against Trump’s executive order targeting its business. Read the list of firms that signed the brief authored by former SG Don Verrilli:
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As more Big Law firms capitulate to the Trump administration, law students are left wondering: how to express their discontent with firms? More on how they're taking advantage of summer associate recruiting season in my latest for
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Law Students Push Back On Firms That Have Capitulated To Trump
Saddled with six figures in debt, students usually scramble for big law’s summer associate jobs and $200,000 plus starting salaries. This year, some are rethinking their choices and even pushing back
https://www.forbes.com/sites/mariagraciasantillanalinares/2025/04/04/law-students-push-back-on-firms-that-have-capitulated-to-trump/
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If private industry experience is any guide, the government’s top talent is likely to be the first out the door following the "deferred resignation" offer made to its over 2 million civilian workers. Read my latest
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Why Trump’s “Resignation” Offer To Fed Workers Could Spark An Exodus Of Top Performers
If private industry experience is any guide, the government’s top talent is likely to be the first out the door, though unions are warning against taking the deal.
https://www.forbes.com/sites/mariagraciasantillanalinares/2025/01/30/why-trumps-resignation-offer-to-fed-workers-could-spark-an-exodus-of-top-performers/
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Teal announced today it raised $7.5 million in funding and moving beyond just job search tools. “We’re for the intrapreneur, for the employee who wants to be an employee," founder and CEO David Fano tells me. My latest for @Forbes
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AI Startup Aims To Graduate From Job Search To Career Coach
With an additional $7.5 million in funding from Flybridge, CityLight Capital and Lerer Hippeau, Teal is expanding into direct-to-consumer AI interview prep and salary and benefits comparisons.
https://www.forbes.com/sites/mariagraciasantillanalinares/2025/01/22/ai-startup-aims-to-graduate-from-job-search-to-career-coach/
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Job growth was stronger than economists anticipated last month, according to the Labor Department’s monthly nonfarm payrolls report released Friday morning, a key datapoint as investors and policymakers reassess the state of the economy ahead of the shift in power in the nation’s capital.
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December Jobs Report: Labor Market Grew Faster Than Expected As Unemployment Clocks In At 4.1%
Friday’s jobs report was “even more important” than normal as the market adjusts its assessment of the direction of the economy.
https://www.forbes.com/sites/dereksaul/2025/01/10/december-jobs-report-labor-market-grew-faster-than-expected-as-unemployment-clocks-in-at-41/?utm_source=bluesky&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=forbes
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David Jeans
11 months ago
New: A coalition of Silicon Valley leaders — incl General Catalyst, Palantir and 8VC — are backing the New American Industrial Alliance, a trade group launched today to lobby the Trump administration on manufacturing, defense and energy.
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Trump Wants Manufacturing Jobs Back. Silicon Valley Is Lining Up To Help
General Catalyst, Palantir and 8VC are backing the New American Industrial Alliance, a lobby trade group being advised by former Trump administration officials.
https://www.forbes.com/sites/davidjeans/2024/12/11/new-american-industrial-alliance-trump-silicon-valley/
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Amy Feldman
11 months ago
The U.S. needs to build much faster and much cheaper. Steel magnate Barry Zekelman is gambling $1 billion of his family’s money that he can churn out prefab apartment complexes to meet that demand. My latest @Forbes feature
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Can Factory-Built Apartment Complexes Solve America’s Housing Crisis?
The U.S. needs to build much faster and much cheaper. Steel magnate Barry Zekelman is gambling $1 billion of his family's money that he can churn out prefab apartment complexes to meet that demand.
https://www.forbes.com/sites/amyfeldman/2024/12/09/can-factory-built-apartment-complexes-solve-americas-housing-crisis/
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Jemima McEvoy
11 months ago
Great story from
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: "RxBar cofounder, Peter Rahal, sold his first company to Kellogg's for $600 million in 2017. Now free from a five-year-long non-compete agreement, his new David bar aims to be the ultimate health supplement."
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This Protein Bar Cofounder Sold His Company For $600 Million. Now He Wants Another Bite Of The Market.
Peter Rahal’s new David bar was designed for the Ozempic generation. A portrait of a hungry entrepreneur.
https://www.forbes.com/sites/simonemelvin/2024/12/05/peter-rahal-david-protein-bar-interview-rxbar-600-million/
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Double duty this year as I also had the pleasure of editing this year's
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Under 30 Retail and E-Commerce list! This year's founders were behind this year's buzziest brands, from viral products hitting retailers to new inventory-management software:
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30 Under 30 Retail & E-Commerce 2025: Meet The Founders Behind This Year’s Buzziest Brands
Retail companies are leveraging their social media followings to make it into big-box retailers, while logistics providers are going all-in on AI.
https://www.forbes.com/sites/mariagraciasantillanalinares/2024/12/03/30-under-30-2025-retail--e-commerce-meet-the-founders-behind-this-years-buzziest-brands/
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Guessing the family color for the PANTONE color of the year this year has been my biggest accomplishment so far thank you all <3 (My bet was on a whiskey brown if you care)
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Had the pleasure of editing this year's
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30 Under 30 Food and Drink list, highlighting the chefs, entrepreneurs and content creators shaping the future of food. From knife makers to vitamin shots, and chefs to influencers, take a look at the final 30 below!
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30 Under 30 Food & Drink 2025: These Entrepreneurs Will Shape The Future Of Food
This year’s list highlights up-and-coming superstars from the worlds of restaurants, packaged food, alcohol and recipe creation.
https://www.forbes.com/sites/chloesorvino/2024/12/03/30-under-30-food--drink-2025-these-entrepreneurs-will-shape-the-future-of-food/
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Phoebe Liu
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1/3 Over the past 3 years, more than 70 of my colleagues have left
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add a skeleton here at some point
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On Forbes’ biggest day of the year - the release of ‘30 Under 30’ - we have walked off the job in a 24-hour work stoppage in protest of
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continued intransigence at the bargaining table and repeated labor law violations. (1/3)
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As CEOs cut back on DEI and tell young workers to leave their politics at home, charitable giving, with an employer match, has emerged as a way for employees to bring their own values to work. My latest for
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Charitable Giving In The Workplace Is Back–And Just In Time
As CEOs cut back on DEI and tell young workers to leave their politics at home, charitable giving is emerging as a way for employees to bring their own values to work.
https://www.forbes.com/sites/mariagraciasantillanalinares/2024/12/02/charitable-giving-in-the-workplace-is-backand-just-in-time/
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Brian Stelter
11 months ago
A few words about the big difference between PRIMARY and SECONDARY sources. Podcasters, TikTok stars and other "influencers" are getting all the attention right now, but for the most part they are secondary sources, talking about / riffing on / remixing what primary sources have gathered elsewhere
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taxgirl
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Worried about Form 1099-K? Form 1099-K introduced a requirement for reportable payment transactions—think payment app or online marketplaces. The IRS says it will treat 2024 as an additional transition year so that the reporting threshold is $5,000.
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IRS Announces Another Reporting Change For PayPal, eBay, And Cash Apps
The IRS will treat 2024 as an additional transition year, so that the reporting threshold is $5,000.
https://www.forbes.com/sites/kellyphillipserb/2024/11/26/irs-announces-another-reporting-change-for-paypal-ebay-and-cash-apps/
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Alex Konrad
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What's motivating some tech people, including startup CEOs and college coders, to apply to Elon Musk's new agency DOGE? I spoke to a bunch of early applicants and folks around the hiring process to answer those questions (and others, like how big DOGE is supposed to be) for
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‘Patriotism, Ego, Access’: Why Elon Musk’s DOGE Is Attracting Young Coders And Tech CEOs Alike
The incoming Trump agency for cutting government excess is seeking 100 full-time hires in the nation’s capital, sources tell Forbes, which spoke to some early applicants.
https://www.forbes.com/sites/alexkonrad/2024/11/27/elon-musk-doge-attracts-young-coders-and-tech-ceos/
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The best way to keep up with my writing (other than here) is through
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’a careers newsletter, which I write and send out every Tuesday. You can subscribe (for free) here:
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Will start using this more now but for now — a quick intro! My name is Maria Gracia, I’m a business reporter currently at Forbes writing about workplace news. I speak Spanish, Portuguese, French and love dogs. Follow along for news
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