Workforce
Barclays plans 5,000 job cuts as profit rises
Support functions account for 60% of affected workers, and finance director Anna Cross linked fewer developer roles to AI productivity gains.
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Workforce
US jobless claims fall to lowest level since July
Initial claims dropped to 194,000, while continuing claims rose and hiring stayed well below the 2023 and 2024 pace.
Workforce
Holly and 17A get $1.1 million to map AI-ready state jobs
The 18-month Oklahoma and Virginia project sits upstream of hiring, focused on job classifications, skills and staffing plans.
Workforce
Sun Life joins Rippling carrier program as roster reaches six
The companies plan to connect eligibility, enrollment and coverage data for small and mid-market employers, with broader benefits automation planned.
Workforce
Corning plans $585 million Wilmington expansion, 414 new jobs
The five-year hiring plan would expand a local workforce of about 1,000, with average salaries above the county wage.
Industries
Lilly breaks ground on $5 billion Virginia plant with 650-job target
The Goochland County site is due to begin making medicine in 2030, after a state training center funded by Lilly, AstraZeneca and Merck is targeted to open in 2028.
Recruiting
Korn Ferry survey: 81% of employers plan more early-career hiring
Most expect entry-level work to change rather than disappear, but roughly half are still unsure what the redesigned jobs will look like.
Markets
S&P 500 earnings face inflation test as Meta, Tesla and IBM report
Analysts expect 24.0% third-quarter operating earnings growth, while jobs readings and business surveys offer a parallel read on hiring and price pressure.
Workforce
Pfizer plans cuts at two North Carolina manufacturing plants
The reductions affect facilities in Sanford, which focuses on vaccines and advanced biologics, and Rocky Mount, a sterile injectables site, as Pfizer pursues a cost-saving program.
Workforce
Avangrid adds weather protection to tower at Oregon technician training center
About 350 new and existing technicians have attended the Sherman County facility since it opened in fall 2024.
Industries
Blue Bird plans $300 million Fort Valley bus plant, 375 jobs
Construction is expected to begin in early 2027 at the former motorhome factory, which Blue Bird says will build diesel, gasoline, propane and electric Type C buses.
Recruiting
Eckerd Connects joins Tear the Paper Ceiling coalition
The nonprofit serves more than 250,000 people a year across 21 states and the District of Columbia, adding employer ties to a campaign against four-year degree screens.
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