By Mike Freeman With layoffs pending at tech giant, workers could need retraining to find positions As Qualcomm readies to cut thousands from its global workforce, what kind of job market will displaced employees find in San Diego if they

Hayley Ringle Reporter Phoenix Business Journal Metro Phoenix is seeing its demand for tech workers driving the office market momentum as a new CBREreport ranks the Valley 20th out of 50 markets. Phoenix is also ranked as the third most cost-effective in large

By Paul Saffo The latest entry in a special project in which business and labor leaders, social scientists, technology visionaries, activists, and journalists weigh in on the most consequential changes in the workplace. This is not the first time society

The number of people not in the labor force reached another record high in July, according to new jobs data released Friday by the Bureau of Labor Statistics. The BLS reports that 93,770,000 people (16 and older) were neither employed last month

BY VIVEK WADHWA With the unemployment rate falling to 5.3 percent, the lowest in seven years, policy makers are heaving a sigh of relief. Indeed, with the technology boom in progress, there is a lot to be optimistic about. Manufacturing will

George Anders Contributor In less than two years Slack Technologies has become one of the most glistening of tech’s ten-digit “unicorn” startups, boasting 1.1 million users and a private market valuation of $2.8 billion. If you’ve used Slack’s team-based messaging software, you

By STEVE LOHR After Paul Minton graduated from college, he worked as a waiter, but always felt he should do more. So Mr. Minton, a 26-year-old math major, took a three-month course in computer programming and data analysis. As a waiter,