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☆ The highest-paying in-demand jobs that don't require a degree, according to new research
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-22 | by ( Morgan Smith | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +4 min

The U.S. skilled labor market is facing "record-high pressure," according to new research from McKinsey & Co., as more workers age out and fewer young people train to fill their jobs as construction workers, plumbers, welders and more. The most in-demand jobs companies are hiring for right now — that don't require a degree — are in construction, manufacturing and plumbing, according to data from Payscale and ZipRecruiter exclusively shared with CNBC Make It:1. Journeyman plumberMedian salary: $61,500It's important to note that there are different levels of certification for some trade jobs including plumbers and electricians. All of these jobs saw at least a 16% increase in openings on ZipRecruiter between October 2023 and March 2024. The median pay for fleet managers without degrees is $64,600 while journeyman electricians make $62,600 on average, according to Payscale.

Persons: ZipRecruiter, Ruth Thomas, Thomas Organizations: McKinsey & Co, Labor, CNBC Locations: U.S, Payscale

☆ BMW Is a Surprise Winner in Electric Vehicles
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-09 | by ( Jack Ewing | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

The German automaker’s electric vehicles are made on the same assembly line as gasoline cars and look similar from the outside. The company sold 376,000 electric vehicles last year, including some under its Mini brand, a 75 percent increase from the previous year. Electric vehicles accounted for 15 percent of BMW sales in 2023, up from 9 percent the previous year. The company’s growth comes as sales of electric vehicles have risen at a slower pace overall around the world. What is even more surprising is that BMW, unlike General Motors or Ford Motor, made a profit on the electric vehicles it sold.

Organizations: BMW, Tesla, General Motors, Ford Locations: Munich

☆ Jobs report Friday is expected to show a slowing but still healthy labor market
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-07 | by ( Jeff Cox | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +6 min

If the forecast is close to accurate, it would mark a considerable downshift from January's explosive growth of 353,000, but still representative of a fairly vibrant labor market. "This is kind of a cautious labor market. ZipRecruiter's quarterly job-seeker survey showed expectations for the medium-term outlook hitting a series high, while applicants also indicated stronger levels of confidence in their financial wellbeing and current state of the labor market. A jobs market that remains red-hot could deter the Federal Reserve from cutting interest rates this year as expected. In its most recent survey of economic conditions, the Fed found that the ultra-tight labor market has loosened somewhat, but there are still active pockets.

Persons: Spencer Platt, Dow, Julia Pollak, they're, Pollak, Raphael Bostic, they've, Tom Gimbel, Jerome Powell, Gimbel Organizations: Chelsea Market, Getty, Labor Department, Dow Jones, Employers, Federal Reserve, Atlanta Fed, Challenger, Labor, Survey, LaSalle Network, Big Tech Locations: Manhattan, New York City, U.S, Covid

☆ Russia's war in Ukraine has sent wages soaring as workers grow scarce and private business competes with the military
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-25 | by ( Jennifer Sor | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

Wages in Russia are soaring thanks to the nation's war with Ukraine. AdvertisementA severe shortage of workers in Russia means the private sector is beefing up compensation to attract talent — and competing directly with the military for manpower. That puts Russia's military in a tough position competing with the private sector. Salaries for military servicemen rose 10.5% last summer, far short of the heftiest private sector pay increases. In its war effort, Russia mostly relies on volunteers to fight its war in Ukraine.

Persons: —, That's Organizations: Bloomberg, Service, Engineers, Junior, UK Ministry of Defence, Defense Ministry, Moscow Times Locations: Russia, Ukraine, Moscow, Soviet

☆ From construction workers to electricians, these are the infrastructure jobs set to boom in the next few years
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-20 | by ( Madison Hoff | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +7 min

Insider looked at employment projections for work related to construction and infrastructure. Both white-collar and blue-collar jobs are poised to boom, with demand for construction laborers and truck drivers, as well as business services. President Joe Biden is also behind the need for more infrastructure construction. Construction and infrastructure jobs are growingConstruction laborers are projected to see employment growth of 61,900 from 2022 to 2032. This job typically requires a postsecondary nondegree award for entry and long-term on-the-job training for competency.

Persons: —, Hannah Jones, Joe Biden, Kit Dickinson, Ed Brady, remodelers, Carpenter, Dickinson, Nela Richardson, Brady, Organizations: Service, Law, Georgetown University Center, Education, Workforce, Bureau of Labor Statistics, Home Builders Institute, National Association of Home Builders, BLS

☆ SpaceX workers reportedly took Adderall and IV fluids, and some slept in the bathroom, to keep up with Elon Musk's deadlines
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-10 | by ( Grace Kay | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

SpaceX workers reportedly put in over 80-hour work weeks in Elon Musk's race to colonize Mars. A Reuters investigation looked at 600 work injuries at SpaceX from 2014 to present. AdvertisementAdvertisementElon Musk's rocket company, which employs about 13,000 people, had at least 600 worker injuries over the course of 9 years across its facilities, the publication reported. But, the company has responded to OSHA inquiries saying it is not liable for the worker injuries as the company gives workers safety training, Reuters reported. Reuters' report comes after some SpaceX employees wrote an open letter last year criticizing Musk's behavior as a "source of distraction and embarrassment."

Persons: —, Travis Carson, Adderall, Carson, Joe Raedle, Tom Moline, Reuters Musk, Walter Isaacson, Isaacson, Musk Organizations: SpaceX, Reuters, Service, Musk's, Occupational Safety, Health Administration, toying Locations: Elon Musk's, Mars, Brownsville , Texas

☆ At SpaceX, worker injuries soar in Elon Musk’s rush to Mars
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-10 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +35 min

Through interviews and government records, the news organization documented at least 600 injuries of SpaceX workers since 2014. The more than 600 SpaceX injuries Reuters documented represent only a portion of the total case count, a figure that is not publicly available. SpaceX injury data reporting failures SpaceX facilities failed to submit injury data annually, as required by regulators, for most years since 2016. Workers welded rocket parts up to 12 hours a day, six days a week, often in temperatures over 100 degrees Fahrenheit, the SpaceX workers said. The accident occurred when he and other SpaceX employees were being transferred between two vessels.

Persons: Lonnie LeBlanc, LeBlanc, LeBlanc’s, hasn’t, Musk, ”, Tom Moline, Francisco Cabada, Cabada’s, Elon Musk, Ydy Cabada, Kennedy didn’t, Kennedy, “, Jordan Barab, Travis Carson, Carson, entrepreneurism, Jeff Bezos, Chris Cunnington, Phillip Fruge, ” Fruge, ” Carson, Elon, Carson “, Florentino Rios, Rios, Rios inched, Richard Hinojosa, ” Rios, Cabada, Ydy, SpaceX hasn’t, Michael Sanchez, ” Sanchez, Francisco’s, Evelyn Cabada, ” Barab, Boring, Paige Holland, Musk’s, Moline, Gwynne Shotwell, ” Shotwell, Shotwell, CalOSHA, Ann Rosenthal, Steven Trollinger’s, Trollinger, –, Chris Weimer, Ron Weimer Organizations: Elon, SpaceX, U.S . Marine Corps, U.S . Occupational Safety, Health Administration, OSHA, Musk’s, V2, Reuters, Regulators, Kennedy Space Center, U.S . National Aeronautics and Space Administration, NASA, ” Reuters, California OSHA, CalOSHA, ”, Workers, Boeing, Cabada, Boring Company, National Labor Relations Board, billionaire’s, Federal Locations: McGregor , Texas, LeBlanc, amputations, Hawthorne , California, Brownsville , Texas, Redmond , Washington, Florida, Cape Canaveral, California, Brownsville, Texas, Mexico, Moline, Carson, American, SpaceX’s Brownsville, Rios, Hawthorne, Los Angeles, “, ” Holland, Thielen, Holland, Federal, After Texas

☆ I looked at the plans for the new city proposed by Silicon Valley elites. They're really terrible.
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-28 | by ( Adam Rogers | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +17 min

Right now, California Forever is just a website with some ideology and a handful of hopeful sketches with a faintly socialist-utopian flair. AdvertisementAdvertisementCities of the future of the pastThe California Forever art illustrations show at a place that'll look startlingly familiar. Point is, the garden city remains a dream honored more in the breach — in pitches like the one for California Forever. Just about 60 miles southeast of the California Forever site is a residential development called Mountain House. It's what plans like California Forever look like when brick starts getting laid.

Persons: Daniel Burnham, Burnham, Marc Andreessen, Chris Dixon, Michael Moritz, Laurene Powell Jobs, Collison, Flannery, Peter Thiel, Goldman, Jan Sramek, Sramek, Ebenezer Howard, Howard, What's, Foreverville, That's, it's, Banks, John Nash's London, what's, It's, Walt Disney, Gabriel Metcalf, BH Bronson Johnson, Dan Parolek, Adam Rogers Organizations: Travis Air Force Base, New York Times, Flannery Associates, Industry, Truman, California, Western Railway, California Forever, St, BH Locations: Chicago, California, Solano County, Sacramento, Solano, Silicon, Los Angeles, England, Japan, New York, Philadelphia, Seaside , Florida, Pontevedra, Spain, Paris, Tempe, doesn't, Foreverville, Pirates, Caribbean, Toronto, Culdesac

☆ If you've ever thought about relocating to New Zealand, now might be the perfect time
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-23 | by ( Nathan Rennolds | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

New Zealand is adding 17 new jobs to its Immigration Green List. The country is expanding its Immigration Green List, adding 17 new roles including panel beaters, welders, and IT administrators as it tries to address an ongoing skills shortage. The list allows employers to use Green List visas to fill specialist roles if they're unable to recruit a local, while providing a fast-track route to residency for employees. The new job additions, which also include aviation engineers, corrections officers, vehicle painters, and naval architects, open up the list to more industries, New Zealand immigration minister Andrew Little said in a statement. AdvertisementAdvertisementThe move comes as part of a package of new immigration policies as New Zealand seeks to revitalize its economy following the pandemic.

Persons: they're, Andrew Little, Little Organizations: Service, Bloomberg Locations: Zealand, Wall, Silicon, New Zealand

☆ Hollywood walkouts have wiped $5 billion from California's economy, exceeding analysts' estimates
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-05 | by ( Joseph Wilkins | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Hollywood writers and actors have been on strike for over four months. The impact on California's economy has been enormous – reaching almost $5 billion. Caterers, dry cleaners, drivers, and other small enterprises are among those most affected, says one researcher. Todd Holmes, an entertainment industry professor at Cal State Northridge, had predicted a $3 billion blow to California's economy in the first 100 days of the strike. AdvertisementAdvertisementAs a result, Hollywood studios have begun delaying new releases, as strike rules prohibit actors from promoting their films.

Persons: AFTRA, Kevin Klowden, –, Klowden, Todd Holmes Organizations: Service, Writers Guild of America, SAG, Milken Institute, Financial Times, Yahoo Finance, Cal State Northridge, Hollywood Locations: Wall, Silicon, Los Angeles

☆ TSMC's Arizona plant is delayed over poor management, not a shortage of US skilled labor, workers building it say
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-23 | by ( Jacob Zinkula | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +11 min

TSMC, however, has maintained that the incoming Taiwanese workers will not be a threat to US jobs. The pipe cutter said that TSMC and its key contractors were largely to blame for the management problems. After complaining about one safety issue for two straight weeks, he said, he spoke with a company safety representative. And then you go to degown, and they don't have your hanger or somebody took your hanger," the pipe cutter said. He added: "It's not like we're against the Taiwanese workers or anything.

Persons: TSMC, they're, it's, didn't, he's, —, they'd, they've, Everyone's, we're, It's, Luke Kasper, Arizona Organizations: Service, Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing, Arizona Pipe, Intel, New York Times, Times, American Prospect, TSMC Locations: Arizona, Wall, Silicon, chipmaker, TSMC, Taiwan, United States, degown

☆ The world's largest chipmaker promised to create thousands of US jobs. There are growing tensions over whether US workers have the skills or work ethic to do them.
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-16 | by ( Jacob Zinkula | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +7 min

Differences in US and Taiwanese work culture could pose another challenge. Some TSMC workers are doubtful that Americans can adjust to the challenging work environment. It's not just a disagreement over expertise that poses risks to TSMC's Arizona chip plant. This is the work culture." It added: "We have not replaced any of our local workers with foreign workers and continue to prioritize the hiring of local workers in Arizona."

Persons: TSMC, chipmaker, It's, Morris Chang, Wayne Chiu, Fortune, they're, Mark Liu, TSMC's, Liu, chipmaker Chang, Adam Ozimek Organizations: Service, Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co, New York Times, Times, YouTube, Taiwan, Taiwan —, Brookings Institute, Arizona Pipe, Economic Innovation Group Locations: Arizona, Wall, Silicon, Taiwan, Taipei, Taiwanese, Asia, Oregon, America, Phoenix

☆ A feud is heating up between Arizona workers and the world's leading chipmaker after the company claimed the US doesn't have the skills to build its new factory
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-13 | by ( Jacob Zinkula | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

The company says it needs to bring Taiwanese workers to Arizona to get construction back on track. But construction of TSMC's first Arizona factory, which began in the Phoenix area in 2021, has run into some hiccups. "Replacing Arizona's construction workers with foreign construction workers directly contradicts the very purpose for which the CHIPS Act was enacted – to create jobs for American workers," the petition says. The degree to which American workers can get the job done without additional assistance is up for debate. "It's easily the most unsafe site I've ever walked on," said Luke Kasper, a representative of the sheet metal workers union.

Persons: TSMC, that's, Biden, Mark Liu, Liu, It's, Luke Kasper, TMSC, Morris Chang, Chang, Kevin Xu Organizations: Service, Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Arizona Pipe, Google, Facebook, YouTube Locations: Arizona, An Arizona, Wall, Silicon, China, TSMC's, Phoenix, Taiwan, TSMC, Asia

☆ The Hollywood strikes could cost the economy billions
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-25 | by ( George Glover | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

Hollywood writers and actors have been on strike for over a week. Economists are warning that the shutdown could cost the US billions of dollars. The previous writers' strike in 2007 wiped $2 billion off Los Angeles' economy alone. Major films alone contribute around $250,000 to the US economy each day of production, according to data from the Motion Picture Association. New seasons of "The Last of Us", "Euphoria", and "The White Lotus" have already been delayed as a result of the strikes.

Persons: Milken, Kevin Klowden, It's, Ted Lasso, Jason Sudeikis, Oscar, Susan Sarandon, Olivia Wilde Organizations: Service, Milken Institute's, Yahoo Finance, Motion, Association, The, Guild of America, SAG Locations: Angeles, Wall, Silicon, Los Angeles, California, LA, New York, Albuquerque, Atlanta, Pittsburgh

☆ I built an Airbnb in Kenya from old shipping containers and it was an instant success
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-10 | by ( Michelle Mastro | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

Hough's property is built from reused shipping containers, and guests can see resident wildlife. When we did decide to build, we chose shipping containers primarily because the area had no electricity or running water. We wanted to build something sustainableThe shipping containers were reused from a shipping company. We employed experts for the more technical jobs, of course, like building the shipping containers. Overall, having a unique Airbnb has been a great experienceI love how Airbnb makes hosting so easy and makes you feel protected.

Persons: Moon Hough, Hough, —, welders, Nairobians, We've, it's, Rangi, I've, I'm, Airbnb Organizations: Service, YouTube Locations: Nairobi, Kenya

☆ Mexico to announce work visa program for Central Americans
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-22 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

MEXICO CITY, May 22 (Reuters) - Mexico will present a program this week to give Central Americans temporary visas to work on public infrastructure projects, President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador said Monday. Such projects require more people such as welders, iron-workers and engineers, Lopez Obrador told his regular daily news conference. "We need a workforce for these projects, especially if it's skilled labor," Lopez Obrador said. Lopez Obrador has long pushed for investment in Central America to stem the migration of thousands of people every year fleeing poverty and violence in Guatemala, Honduras and El Salvador. He has also sought to boost development in the impoverished southern region of Mexico, which sits near the border with Guatemala.

☆ Welders wanted: France steps up recruitment drive as nuclear crisis deepens
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-29 | by ( Benjamin Mallet | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +7 min

EDF estimates that France's nuclear industry needs to recruit between 10,000 and 15,000 workers a year over the next seven years. Despite relatively high unemployment, France's manufacturing, construction, engineering and IT industries complain they can't get the workers they need. These people work with molten metal at 1,500 degrees Celsius, and sometimes have to stand upside down," said one welder in the nuclear industry, who asked not to be identified. Before the war in Ukraine, successive administrations sought to reduce France's reliance on nuclear energy, not build new reactors, they say. For a long time, France was Europe's nuclear energy champion - and its biggest electricity exporter.

More than a year after Washington, London and Canberra torpedoed a big French submarine contract, pushing Franco-US relations to breaking point, the two countries are expected to put on a show of unity on common threats from Russia and China. The French leader will try to negotiate exemptions for European companies on the model of those Mexico and Canada has already got, a French presidential adviser said. Macron wants France to build more nuclear reactors but it is struggling with corrosion issues at its ageing plants. Macron will also travel to Louisiana, ostensibly to pay tribute to the state's French heritage, but also to discuss energy issues, the French presidential advisor said. "The United States produce cheap gas but sell it to us at high price," Macron told French executives on November 8.

New York CNN Business —America faces a growing risk of a crippling national freight rail strike in two weeks after rank-and-file members of the nation’s largest rail union, which represents the industry’s conductors, rejected a tentative labor deal with freight railroads, the union announced Monday. The nation’s second-largest rail union, which represents engineers, ratified its own contract. But the failure of the conductors to ratify their own deal is another setback to efforts to avoid a crippling nationwide rail strike. Both unions reached tentative deals in September in a marathon 20-hour negotiating session just hours before their earlier strike deadlines. Although 64.5% of members who ride the locomotives with the engineers supported the deal, 50.87% members of train and engine service members of the union voted against ratification.

☆ Worker complaints alleging anti-union shutdowns rise as organizing surges
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-04 | by ( Eli M. Rosenberg | Eli Rosenberg Is An Investigative Tech Reporter For Nbc News. | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +13 min

The company, G&D Integrated, had closed the factory, saying it had suddenly lost its decade-old contract with a Japanese company, workers said. Starbucks closed multiple stores this year following union activity. Trader Joe’s, for example, abruptly closed a wine shop in the center of New York City where workers had been organizing. Demonstrators protest outside a closed Starbucks in Seattle on July 16. More than 40 percent of the stores had union campaigns, according to data from Starbucks Workers United, the union that has been organizing the workers.

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