Workplace/Jobs

“It takes a certain personality to be a travel nurse,” said Emma Larson. “I wouldn’t trade it for anything.”

According to fresh data from Indeed’s Hiring Lab, hourly wages went up 1.7% in the past year. And salaried wages went up 2.9%. Neither is keeping pace with inflation.

Anna Romero shares her financial struggles and how she ended up back on the job hunt.

Looking at 4 million applications to 1,700 positions across 150 companies, researchers found that — in many cases — an AI tool was less likely to advance Black and Asian applicants.

Perez, who also co-hosts Marketplace’s “Million Bazillion,” told us how he prepared and why he’s still reminding himself he’s not the boss.

Promising productivity, the HotSOS Housekeeping app tells workers when and where to clean and is now used by most global hotel brands.

“[I] definitely won't ever get rich doing it,” said small-scale commercial fisherman Matyas Kreidler.

Ruth Fowler, a screenwriter, talked about her experience working as an AI trainer when her work in Hollywood couldn’t pay the bills.

There’s been a decades-long push to grow the workforce but many early career job seekers are hitting a firewall.

Social media manager Tara Little supplements her income (and reduces living expenses) by working as a full-time house sitter.