DICK'S Sporting Goods Inc. plans to hire more than 11,000 seasonal workers across its store brands for the 2026 holiday season, the Pittsburgh-based retailer said on Oct. 15. That is a smaller target than a year ago, when the company said it expected to bring on about 14,000.
Microsoft President Brad Smith has publicly rejected the Trump administration's accusations against the company's use of skilled-worker immigration programs, calling Vice President JD Vance's fraud claims "completely off base" and warning that restricting green cards could send top engineering talen
Hiring activity at small businesses cooled in September, and owners who did try to fill jobs kept running into the same problem: a shortage of qualified candidates. In its monthly Small Business Economic Trends survey, released Oct.
Two of Britain's largest professional recruiters reported this week that their U.S. businesses grew in the quarter ended Sept. 30, and both credited construction. The gains stood out against continued declines in Germany, France and the U.K., and neither company described a broad recovery in U.S.
The Department of Homeland Security has proposed charging $70,000 for each international student who takes part in Optional Practical Training for the first time, a fee that would put a steep new price on one of the main routes from U.S. campuses into U.S. jobs.
Tata Consultancy Services says the federal suspension of its green card labor-certification filings will not change how it staffs its American business, because it has filed very few such applications. The statement, made in a stock exchange filing on Oct.
UPS said October 7 it is hiring 100,000 seasonal employees nationwide for peak season, below the more than 125,000 it sought in 2024, after cutting about 48,000 operational positions in 2025.
