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🗞️ World’s #1 dream job
🧑‍💼 Hourly workers clocking fewer hours
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💰️ Search firms merge, Foot Locker names CHRO
📋 Duolingo, Gartner are hiring for TA roles
💻 Layoffs at IBM, Meta, Turnitin

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This week, new data from Jobseeker shows which jobs people around the world are chasing the most in 2024. Spoiler alert: No TA or corporate HR roles to be seen in the top ten ranking. Maybe next year?

When I grow up
A recent study out of the U.K. showed that only 1 in 4 adults work in their dream childhood job. But what exactly are the most “dreamed about” jobs? Career platform Jobseeker looked at Google search trends to dig deeper. They examined global search volumes by using the search template "how to become a [JOB TITLE]" for various professions. This helped them compile a list of the top ten most coveted "dream jobs" worldwide.

This is your captain speaking …
… because the number one dream job globally is a pilot, with 50,000 monthly searches for “how to become a pilot.” While pilots often face irregular working hours, the earning potential is significant ($105,964 in the U.S.), and many enjoy the opportunity to travel, the study noted.

Rounding out the global top ten.
Following the top spot came flight attendant, model, psychologist, influencer, doctor, teacher, lawyer, firefighter and entrepreneur, respectively.

Dream jobs by country.
The study scoured search data on a country-by-country basis, too, splitting its findings by location to reveal the most desired jobs in each country and continent. Some fun ones: China’s top dream job is a journalist; Italy’s is a model; Montenegro’s is a detective; Paraguay’s is a football coach; Fiji’s is a YouTuber; Ecuador’s is a DJ. The world is dreaming!

And in the United States …
… it seems like Americans would much prefer manning the aisles of a 737 than the cockpit. The number one dream job in the United States (and in Canada, Mexico, and Brazil) is a flight attendant.

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NUMBERS

Numbers That’ll Make You Think

• 2,000% — The percentage increase in roles requiring generative AI skills in 2023 from the previous year, according to a new report (Unleash)

• 37.7 — The median number of weekly hours clocked for hourly jobs worked in 2023, down from 38.4 in 2019, according to payroll data (HR Morning)

• 67,000 — The number of new jobs added in the healthcare sector, as reported in last week's February jobs report, marking the largest growth among all industries (CNBC)

• 60% — The percentage of college graduates with marketing degrees who are working high-school level jobs five years after graduation, according to a new report (Bloomberg)

• 46% — The percentage decrease in remote job postings
last year, despite a 146% increase in remote job applications over the same period (LinkedIn)

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INDUSTRY INSIGHTS

M&A Deals, Industry Moves, & Things To Know This Week

• Conversational recruiting software platform Paradox has appointed Adam Godson the company’s new CEO (Unleash)

• Talent strategy and executive search firm Hire Velocity promoted Marques Smith to CEO and president (PR Newswire)

• Legal search firm Johnson Downie merged with legal search provider Lippman Jungers, the firms announced (SIA)

• Footwear retailer Foot Locker announced that Cindy Carlisle has joined the company as its new Chief Human Resources Officer (PR Newswire)

• A new report shows that startups are hiring fewer workers and paying out less in equity comp (TechCrunch)

OPEN ROLES VIA TALENTCONNECT

Jobs You Might Want (For Yourself!)

• Media buying platform The Trade Desk is hiring an Executive Recruiter in New York, NY

• Language learning platform Duolingo is hiring a Head of Talent Acquisition in Pittsburgh, PA

• Information services company Gartner is hiring a Director, Talent Acquisition Analytics in Irving, TX

• Technology company Shiftsmart is hiring a Head of Talent in New York, NY

• Cosmetics company e.l.f. Beauty is hiring a Recruiter in New York, NY

• Hospitality company Great Wolf Lodge is hiring a Director, Human Resources in Colorado Springs, CO

  
  For a full list of open talent acquisition roles, check out TalentConnect, a job board for TA-lent, powered by RecruitmentMarketing.com

LAYOFFS

Places For You To Source Fresh Talent

• Technology giant IBM on Tuesday told employees in a roughly seven-minute meeting that it’s cutting jobs in its marketing and communications division (CNBC)

• Plagiarism detection platform Turnitin laid off around 15 people after its CEO Chris Caren last year warned that his company would be able to reduce 20% of its headcount thanks to AI (TechCrunch)

• Edtech company Niche laid off 7% of its staff after the Pittsburgh-based company raised a $35M Series C raise in 2020 (Technical.ly)

• Social metaverse company Meta quietly laid off 50 people in its Messenger division (Business Insider)

• Remote driving startup Phantom Auto, launched seven years ago amid the buzz of autonomous vehicle technology, is shutting down after failing to secure new funding (TechCrunch)

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