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Microsoft just dropped a list of jobs most likely to be replaced by AI, and it’s more than just clickbait. We’re also tracking a fresh wave of layoffs from major players like Amazon and Microsoft, plus breaking down a subtle but powerful trend: companies now want 5+ years of experience even for roles that used to be entry-level. We’re featuring two new tools that help you speed up job searches and summarize your learning content like a pro. Let’s get you ahead of the curve.

• 🧑‍✈️ Career CoPilot: 🤖 Microsoft Lists Jobs Most Likely to Be Replaced by AI

• 📉 Layoff Report: 34,000+ laid off since last week. Microsoft, Amazon, and other continue the AI layoff wave

• 📈 Trends & Data: Tech Jobs Now Demand 5+ Years. Here’s What That Means

• 🔧 Jobseeker Tools: Mapify - Mind Map Summarizer, SniffJob - Job Search Agent

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📉 Microsoft, Amazon, and other continue the AI layoff wave

The huge jump of 34,341 laid off tech workers since last week are largely from TCS and Intel’s layoffs that combine to 30K+ employees. July was a devastating month for tech with more than 46,000 tech professional put out of work.

• E-commerce shifts to AI: Yotpo lays off about 200 employees 

• Microsoft cuts another 40 jobs in Washington state, continuing layoffs amid AI investment surge 

• Cognition Offers Buyouts to Newly Acquired Windsurf Staff 

• Amazon to Cut Wondery Staff, Reorganize Audio Business 

• ClearTax fires 25% of its staff, freshers let go without warning 

• Seattle’s LevelTen Energy to lay off workers amid shrinking support for U.S. wind and solar power 

• Lido to cut cost and layoff 15% of its workforce 

• New round of layoffs at Glowforge impacts multiple teams at Seattle laser engraver maker 

• Worker skills intelligence startup AstrumU shuts down after running out of capital 

🤖 Microsoft Lists Jobs Most Likely to Be Replaced by AI

Overview

Microsoft quietly dropped (and quickly scrubbed!) a spicy list revealing exactly whose jobs AI is coming for. Microsoft’s new report, “Working with AI: Measuring the Occupational Implications of Generative AI,” which analyzed the adoption of AI by different workers and its possible impact on their jobs, listed the top 10 least AI safe jobs with the closest exposure to tech:

1. Interpreters and Translators

2. Historians

3. Passenger Attendants

4. Sales Representatives of Services

5. Writers and Authors

6. Customer Service Representatives

7. Computer Numerical Controller (CNC) Tool Programmers

8. Telephone Operators

9. Ticket Agents and Travel Clerks

10. Broadcast Announcers and Radio DJs

The Details

• Microsoft's Oops Moment
  In an eyebrow-raising slip-up, Microsoft’s Copilot team posted—and then quickly edited—a candid list of 40 roles that their AI aims to replace or heavily automate. Topping the AI chopping block? Translators, recruiters, customer support agents, content moderators, and even certain graphic designers.

• The New Numbers Game
  The World Economic Forum crunched fresh data and found AI and tech will eliminate 92 million jobs by 2030 but create a whopping 170 million new roles—a net increase, but with a huge catch: nearly 40% of your core job skills could become outdated in just five years.

• GenAI's Hiring Explosion
  Indeed’s latest data reveals a startling 170% year-over-year surge in job postings mentioning generative AI. GenAI Consultants are popping up everywhere, signaling an urgent, lucrative pivot toward roles steering—not competing with—AI.

• Tick, Tock, Automation Clock
  McKinsey’s latest forecast says 30% of all U.S. working hours could be automated by 2030, impacting 12 million workers—think COVID-scale career shakeup, but driven by bots instead of lockdowns.

Why it Matters

Here's your reality check: Microsoft’s leaked list isn’t a distant threat. The safe bet are jobs that blend irreplaceable human insight with AI mastery. The dangerous zone? Roles that rely on repetitive tasks or copy-paste workflows.

For tech jobseekers, the takeaway is clear: If you're not actively positioning yourself as an AI collaborator, you'll soon be competing against one. So start mastering prompt engineering, GenAI strategy, and deep-domain specialties before your job ends up as another line item on Microsoft’s next leaked list.

🛑 Tech Jobs Now Demand 5+ Years—Here’s What That Means

Overview

Tech’s velvet rope just got electrified: if your résumé doesn’t flash five solid years, the bouncer is AI and it doesn’t care about potential.

The Details

• Senior Seats Still Open-ish: Senior postings are only -19 % from 2020, while junior roles cratered -34 %, wiping out the ladder’s first rungs.

• The 5-Year Filter: Ads demanding ≥ 5 years of experience jumped to 42 %, shoving 2-4-year hopefuls down to 40 %.

• AI-Powered Gatekeeping: Requirements began stretching right after ChatGPT’s breakout in early ’23, hinting bots now chew tasks once assigned to newbies.

• Skills Earthquake: A LinkedIn report warns 70 % of job skills will flip by 2030; the same role already needs 40 % new skills vs. 2016.

• Entry-Level Red Alert: Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei says AI could erase half of all entry-level white-collar jobs within five years.

Why it Matters

The bottom of tech’s career pyramid is collapsing. To survive, junior talent must speed-run into “specialist” territory: ship visible open-source commits, master AI copilots, and embed in niche communities that vouch for real-world impact. In a market where seniority is the new firewall, the fastest credential is proof you already solve problems reserved for the next pay grade.

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