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The Week in Jobs
The Week in Jobs, presented by 4 Corner Resources, breaks down the biggest job market news every Friday: jobs reports, layoffs, hiring trends, and how AI is changing work. Hosted by Pete Newsome, founding president of 4 Corner Resources, and Peter Porebski, each episode explains what the headlines mean for employers, job seekers, and recruiters.
Expect straight talk on BLS and ADP numbers, layoffs and hiring freezes, labor policy, AI and automation, remote work and return-to-office, and practical job search and hiring advice from people who work in the market every day.
New episodes every Friday. Also available as a video on YouTube. Formerly known as Cornering the Job Market.
The Week in Jobs
Latest Episodes
Microsoft Offers 60,000 Employees a Buyout & AT&T Brings Jobs Home
Microsoft is offering a voluntary buyout to 60,000 employees, a number Pete and Peter say is hard to wrap their heads around. The company describes it as a voluntary program and says it is consolidating and becoming more global. Pete and Peter ...
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Amazon Hires 300,000 While Amex, eBay, Barclays, & Volvo Announce Layoffs
Amazon plans to hire 300,000 seasonal workers this holiday season, and Pete and Peter call it good news worth passing along to anyone who needs work right now. Seasonal pay averages about $20 an hour, full-time operations roles start at $20 and...
Who Is Most Afraid of AI Taking Their Job? High Earners, IT Workers, & Women | Q4 2026 Survey
Who is most afraid of AI taking their job? In this special edition of The Week in Jobs, Pete and Peter walk through 4 Corner Resources’ Q4 2026 Employee Mindset Survey, the fourth and final quarterly edition of the year, and the answers surpris...
The Week in Jobs: JD Vance Just Cut Off Microsoft and 7 Others From the H-1B Green Card Pipeline
The Trump administration took its H-1B crackdown public this week. At a press conference, JD Vance named eight companies (Microsoft, Adobe, Cognizant, Infosys, Tata Consultancy Services, Wipro, HCL, and Capgemini), and the Department of Labor s...
The Week in Jobs: Elon Musk Says Robots Will Make Us All Rich & the Jobs Report Was Brutal
The September jobs report came in far below expectations this week: the BLS reported only 29,000 jobs added, well short of the roughly 90,000 both ADP and the consensus forecast had pointed to. Previous months were also revised down a combined ...