The end of labour hoarding: How corporate America’s new ruthlessness signals a turning point – The Times of India

The end of labour hoarding: How corporate America’s new ruthlessness signals a turning point – The Times of India

For years, the post-pandemic corporate playbook was simple: Hold on to your workers at all costs. In boardrooms across America, the phrase “labour hoarding” became shorthand for survival. After the chaos of 2020, executives learned a bitter truth: When workers walk out, they rarely walk back in. That mindset shaped a rare era of corporate…

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These US job sectors could offer a sigh of relief amid widespread slowdown – The Times of India

These US job sectors could offer a sigh of relief amid widespread slowdown – The Times of India

The US labour market is navigating uncharted waters. In August 2025, total nonfarm payroll employment increased by just 22,000 jobs, marking a significant slowdown compared with prior months and signaling a potential cooling in the post-pandemic recovery phase. According to the report obtained by the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS), the unemployment rate remained steady…

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10 college degrees Harvard hints are losing value and what to study instead – The Times of India

10 college degrees Harvard hints are losing value and what to study instead – The Times of India

Is Your College Degree Still Valuable? Harvard’s Research Says It Might Not Be (Image: iStock) In recent years, many students have expressed anxiety about whether their chosen major continue to pay off. Harvard’s faculty and affiliated economists have published influential work on how credential value, job sorting and degree inflation change the returns to different…

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