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This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Jeremy Spiegel, a job seeker in his 40s who lives in Massachusetts. The following has been edited for length and clarity.In my job search, I’ve been told so many times a version of “It’s not you, it’s us!” that I’m beginning to wonder if it is, in fact, me.I’ve been without a full-time job for more than two years since losing my regional director of account services role at a publishing company. The lasting impact of my job search has been devastating to my ego and self-worth in ways I simply…

A person walks around the JPMorgan Chase & Co. headquarters in New York, Feb. 17, 2026.Zamek | View Press | Corbis News | Getty ImagesBefore artificial intelligence can take Wall Street jobs, it is first creating them.Posts for AI-related roles at banks including JPMorgan Chase, Citigroup and Capital One surged 49% this year compared with 2025 to 139,819 listings, according to an analysis by enterprise hiring data firm Draup that was provided exclusively to CNBC. The fastest-growing area is a cluster of skills involving AI agents, according to Draup, which culls data from public job posts and platforms including LinkedIn.…

New York has turned mobile sports betting via apps like DraftKings and FanDuel into a lucrative source of state revenue. This raises a question for lawmakers and state finances: Can platforms that offer sports-related contracts compete with sportbooks — and avoid the state’s 51% tax rate?In the first quarter of 2026, mobile sports betting brought in around $328 million in tax receipts for the state, according to a report from the state comptroller’s office. Nationwide, New York accounts for a third of all state tax collections on sports betting revenues.But prediction markets like Polymarket and Kalshi have begun offering sports…

The best way to beat the line for a job is to get there before it forms.Talking with an employer before the company ever posts a job — and not after — could help you land a role there, said veteran career coach Laura Labovich.She recommends that job seekers identify where they want to work, examine their network for any ties to the organization, and start building relationships inside well before a job post goes up.”The way to win is to not apply. Get in before they have the opening. Make connections. Become an insider,” Labovich said.If you wait until…

During the pandemic, Thomas thought he would give DraftKings and FanDuel a try. Before long, he formed a habit. “I could have ten drinks one night and then be fine with not drinking again for a year,” said Thomas, 35, who asked to be identified by his middle name fearing his problem gambling history could affect his career. “But sports gambling was different. It really got me.” He never cared much for sports. Yet betting on games seemed like an easy way to make a buck. He started placing wagers on football and tennis mostly using parlays, which are difficult-to-win…

Milk Bar founder Christina Tosi said the key to hiring a great team is learning to do the jobs yourself first.”For the longest time, I demanded of myself to work the job, whether that was human resources, or ops, or the delivery driver, or the pick-pack-ship person,” Tosi said on Thursday’s episode of the “Pretty Tough with Maria Sharapova” podcast.Whenever the company needed to create a new role, Tosi said she first wanted to understand what the job involved before hiring someone to do it.”What is it like to work this job? What are the highs and the lows? What…

The former Google CEO said AI has beaten him at the thing he was once best at.Eric Schmidt, now 71, told Blackstone’s “Inside Blackstone” podcast that he was among the top programmers of his generation, but today’s AI coding tools are writing the code he couldn’t.”I was a very, very good programmer when I was 22, right? I was one of the best, according to myself. My field is over, right?” Schmidt told podcast host Christine Anderson. “I look at the code it writes now. I can’t write that code. I couldn’t when I was 22, right? So, I got…

Comcast’s NBCUniversal is cutting a few hundred streaming tech staffers, Business Insider has learned.The layoffs will impact NBCU’s global streaming technology group, which includes the engineering and quality assurance teams, three people familiar with the changes said.Most of the cuts are at Sky, Comcast’s European media arm, though a person briefed on the change said that some US-based workers at NBCU will be affected.Comcast is preparing to spin off NBCU, with its streamers and studio, from its cable and internet businesses next summer.Traditional media companies are cutting costs as they face pressure to please Wall Street, while competing with deep-pocketed,…

Barbie dolls are seen in a store at Fiumicino Airport in Rome on March 28, 2024. Jakub Porzycki | Nurphoto | Getty ImagesShares of Mattel rose nearly 20% on Thursday after the Wall Street Journal reported that the toymaker had attracted takeover interest from Authentic Brands Group.The brand licensing company has privately discussed an offer that could value Mattel at more than $20 per share, or around $6 billion or more, the Journal reported, citing people familiar with the matter. Mattel traded just above $15 per share on Thursday afternoon. A person familiar with the talks confirmed to CNBC that…

Boeing engineers and technical workers approved a sweetened four-year contract with immediate 10% raises, avoiding a potential strike at the aerospace giant as it seeks federal approval for new aircraft and to increase aircraft production.”We secured many victories that some thought were completely out of reach when this negotiation cycle started,” said the Society of Professional Engineering Employees in Aerospace, which represents about 13,000 Boeing engineers and 4,000 technical workers.Boeing increased its offer in mid-September after the workers rejected an earlier proposal. In addition to the 10% ratification wage increase, the four-year contract includes annual raises of 4%, with an…