Job market stories
AI hiring is spreading unevenly across revenue teams, with senior roles and Sydney adverts most likely to mention the skill.
Higher energy costs are squeezing household budgets, but digital commerce and brisk business investment are helping keep growth steady at 2.4% in 2026.
Human judgement is becoming more valuable as AI screens CVs, with candidates wary of being reduced to data points and overlooked for potential.
Demand for specialist AI staff is lengthening vacancies and driving salaries higher as firms move from experiments to deployment.
Entry-level hiring, not a lack of talent, is keeping many would-be Web3 workers out, with 54% citing experience demands as the main barrier.
Entry-level hiring is being reshaped as employers expect junior staff to supervise AI, while 61% in India struggle to find suitable talent.
Firms risk costly missteps as automated hiring filters miss staff who could be retrained for AI-augmented roles.
The launch aims to let firms and software agents use Salesforce data and workflows inside coding tools and collaboration apps, cutting build times by up to 40%.
Nearly two-thirds of UK employers say AI is reshaping hiring, with entry-level candidates now judged more on digital skills than experience.
More than half of UK workers still lack basic digital skills, making AI literacy a growing hiring priority for employers.
Only 22% of tech staff have formal AI training, leaving Australian employers exposed to skills gaps as adoption races ahead.
Only about one in 10 senior finance candidates can prove practical AI use, leaving UK employers short of leaders able to meet new hiring demands.
Most applicants miss out because their CVs fail to mirror job-ad wording, rather than being blocked outright by software, new research suggests.
Most Australian workers using AI at work have had no formal training, leaving security, privacy and skills gaps as adoption races ahead.
Despite regular use in study, most young Australians fear AI will destroy jobs rather than help them get hired.
AI skills are pushing up salaries across Australian workplaces, with employers struggling to price talent amid fierce competition.
Lack of training is pushing many Irish staff to seek new roles, as 44% say they get no learning opportunities and 39% want out.
Employers are tightening recruitment as 88% struggle to find workers with AI skills, while 37% say AI-written CVs cloud judgement.
Singapore jobseekers face fiercer competition as LinkedIn’s latest ranking shows financial services still dominate career-growth prospects.
Employers are rewarding office presence with higher salaries and bonuses as hybrid staff risk falling behind on pay and progression.
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