Regional Intelligence: The Infrastructure Near You ══════════════════════════ Bottom Line Up Front While national media covers Meta’s $600B and Microsoft’s $80B infrastructure investments, Michigan alone has 17 active data center proposals that most workers have never heard about. These projects represent thousands of construction jobs and hundreds of permanent positions, but also environmental concerns, power grid … Read more
All Five Hold Strong As Layoff Crisis Hits 22-Year High Bottom Line Up Front • Top 5 This Week • Movement & Analysis • One to Watch: AI SOC Orchestrator • ⚠️ CAUTION: The Layoff Accelerator • Job Market Reality Check • Free Resources • Methodology & Sources Bottom Line Up Front The numbers are … Read more
The infrastructure is real, the money is real, and refusing to engage won’t protect you Update: 11/20/2025 Employment Data UpdateLatest employment data reveals a more complex picture than initial reporting suggested. While BLS reports 119,000 total jobs added and unemployment at 4.4%, continuing jobless claims rose to 1.974 million (up 28,000 which is slightly about … Read more
This isn’t fancy. The idea of a 50 yr mortgage should scare us. This is rough numbers. I am not a financial expert. But I can identify the huge potential for generational debt in the idea being tossed out there. That a 50 yr mortgage will encourage young people to buy homes. I asked AI … Read more
All Five Hold Strong, Data Centers Boom, Silent Firing Rises 📋 Table of Contents Bottom Line Up Front • Top 5 This Week • Movement & Analysis • One to Watch: AI SOC Orchestrator • One to Watch: Data Center Infrastructure • ⚠️ CAUTION: Silent Firing & Algorithmic Management • Job Market Reality Check • … Read more
Market Intelligence Report – October 31, 2025 Executive Summary This week marks our first major Top 5 rotation since launch. Two positions drop out, two enter—and the reasons reveal the market’s evolution. Voice AI Implementation has graduated from “watchlist” to Top 5 after surging growth signals. More significantly, we’re adding our first true entry-level opportunity: … Read more
When China Says It’s Too Much, We Should Listen October 30, 2025 Bottom Line Up Front: China learned the hard way that 996 kills people and destroys productivity. They banned it after workers died and public outrage forced government action. America is learning the same lesson, but we’re doing it voluntarily, one burnt-out worker at … Read more
How America chose extraction over adaptation in the AI age, and what Europe’s different path reveals about our future. Derek Mobley’s story is now well documented. He is 54 years old with two decades of experience in software development and customer success. Since 2017, he has applied to over 100 jobs through Workday’s application system. … Read more
We’re making choices right now, whether we realize it or not. Inaction is a choice. Complacency is a choice. Believing “that’s just how it works” is a choice. So here’s the real question: What are you going to choose? The Numbers Don’t Lie Bottom Line Up Front: While companies eliminated over 100,000 jobs citing “AI … Read more
What started as a Meme Fact-Check turned into a Lucious Fox rabbit hole worth examination. Bottom Line Up Front: The extraction model is eating itself. It’s eliminating its own customers, its own workers, its own stability. It’s unsustainable by design. The question is whether we build alternatives before it collapses, or whether we let it … Read more
