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LinkedIn aims to share its trove of intel on companies and workers through new Talent Insights tool

LinkedIn has a ton of data — thanks to 575 million worldwide members, 20 million companies and 15 million job… Read More

Homelessness and jobs: What the numbers say

Technologists are all about using data and research to drive decisions. It’s why startups spend months validating new ideas. It’s… Read More

Who’s moving where and for what jobs? Glassdoor study reveals top U.S. cities applicants are eyeing

Seattle is a leading destination when it comes to U.S. cities where people are most interested in moving for work,… Read More

GeekWork Picks: Valant seeks DevOps engineer to support electronic health records system

Electronic Health Records (EHR) are commonplace in doctors’ offices and hospitals around the world. They help doctors track a patient’s medical… Read More

Amazon headcount drops by 2,900 employees in Q1 — first decline in nine years

Amazon’s overall headcount declined by 2,900 people to 563,100 full- and part-time employees in the first quarter, according to new… Read More

Boom buddies: Jobs in tech and construction are tops on Indeed’s 25 best in the U.S. list for 2018

Indeed’s list of the Best Jobs in the United States for 2018 is still loaded with tech titles, but construction… Read More

Study: 1 in 10 Seattle residents live downtown and nearly 75% of commuters don’t drive alone to work

Seattle is speeding toward some of its density and transportation goals, according to a new study from an organization that… Read More

The ethics of AI: Robots will rise, but will they rule us all?

PITTSBURGH — David Danks thinks a lot about the implications of artificial intelligence. In fact, the Carnegie Mellon University philosophy and… Read More

Study: Average tech worker salary in Seattle hits $132K, making city the top spot for relocation

Tech workers in Seattle are making more and their salaries go further than those in competing markets, making the city… Read More

Amazon now employs 566,000 people worldwide — a 66 percent jump from a year ago

The number of people working for Amazon continues to go way, way up as the Seattle-based tech giant reached 566,000… Read More

It doesn’t take a data scientist to know which title tops Glassdoor’s 50 Best Jobs in America, again

Data scientists — or people who hope to become one — are collecting a lot of data about how great… Read More

Apple HQ2? Not quite, but the tech giant has plans for a new campus — does Seattle have room?

The “Spaceship” has barely taken off and Apple is already talking about landing another new campus someplace else. Could the… Read More

Job hunting? Tech skills increasingly tied to higher wages and economic opportunity

Digital prowess has become one of the most powerful bargaining chips in the American job market over a relatively short… Read More

A warm feeling for tech hubs: Payscale maps the hottest counties in U.S. for employee pay

It might be chilly in Seattle this week, but a new interactive “heat map” from the folks at Payscale shows just… Read More

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Our AI future: How artificial intelligence will revolutionize jobs, and what we can do about it

Artificial intelligence will change the world, for better and for worse — and we need to be prepared. That’s the… Read More

Hot or not: LinkedIn data shows which jobs and skills are on the rise and which are fading

Machine learning is in; Flash is out. Data scientists are in great demand, specialized developers, not so much. These are… Read More

Robots vs. jobs: Report says automation will displace up to 375M workers by 2030

The latest robot report has bad news for laborers and office support staff, good news for techies and healthcare workers.… Read More

Survey finds a big name in Seattle missing from list of tech companies where people most want to work

A recent survey of tech professionals around the world about which company they would most want to work for produced… Read More

Political skills in high-demand at tech companies in Seattle, New York, and San Francisco

Political skills are becoming a hot commodity on the tech talent market. That’s according to LinkedIn’s monthly workforce report for… Read More

Washington state’s life sciences industry has a talent crisis — and the tech sector is partly to blame

Washington State’s life sciences sector has historically been strong, even among the best in the nation. Industries like medicine, research… Read More

The right words have benefits: Textio talks perks in job listings, and how ‘leave’ beats ‘vacation’

Using the right language in job postings has its benefits. And whatever benefits your company is boasting about providing can… Read More

Seattle considers employee head tax for the city’s top-grossing companies

Two Seattle councilmembers want the city’s highest-grossing businesses to pay for a new program to curb homelessness. The H.O.M.E.S —… Read More

USAmazon! Report says that the tech giant created more jobs last year than 46 states

Every few days, it seems, a new Amazon announcement heralds the creation of 1,000 jobs here or 2,000 jobs there… Read More

America’s lopsided recovery: Study shows pockets of economic prosperity, leaving millions behind

When it comes to economic prosperity in America, a rising tide does not lift all boats. Looking at national statistics,… Read More

‘It’s never too late to say we’re sorry’: Seattle leaders respond to Amazon plans to establish second HQ outside its hometown

Amazon announced plans early Thursday morning to open a second headquarters “fully equal” to its Seattle home, calling on local… Read More

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