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10 tips for giving interns the best experience possible

June 28, 2024

Pay your interns, give them a good onboarding experience and provide practical experience. Those are among the tips IBJ gathered from employers, students and internship coordinators.

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How will AI impact Indiana’s workforce? It’s complicated.

September 22, 2023

Susan Orr

Advances in technology traditionally have had the biggest impact on more physical jobs, but generative AI tools will likely be most disruptive for jobs that require brains, not brawn.

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Employers defy economic shock from Iran war, add surprisingly strong 115K jobs

May 8, 2026 | Associated Press

The recent uptick in hiring raises hopes that the job market will break out of a recent rut – in which Americans who have jobs are relatively secure from layoffs but jobseekers struggle to find work.

March jobs report blows past expectations

April 3, 2026 | The Washington Post

The report showed signs that employers had begun to regain confidence in stable business conditions following the volatile policy swings of the first year of the second Trump administration.

Novo Nordisk to cut 400 jobs in Bloomington

March 31, 2026 | Alex Brown, Inside INdiana Business

The drugmaker called the move a “difficult decision” but did not provide a reason for the cuts.

Unemployment rate ticks up after labor market loses 92K jobs

March 6, 2026 | The Washington Post

Health care, which has been buoying the labor market for months, lost 28,000 positions in February, reflecting major strikes in California and New York. The information sector, which includes tech and media, shed 11,000 positions.

There’s one industry powering the U.S. labor market

February 14, 2026 | The Washington Post

Without health care and related jobs, the United States would have nearly 400,000 fewer jobs than it did a year ago, according to Labor Department figures through January.

Some of the most coveted jobs in America aren’t safe anymore

January 31, 2026 | The Washington Post

While tech companies continue to invest billions of dollars into AI, they’re slashing jobs while touting AI-forward strategies and leaner organizations.

SkyLake Adventures teams with Butler Institute for Sports and Entertainment

January 29, 2026 | IBJ Staff

Under the partnership, Butler University students will receive real-life experience in hospitality and entertainment, and real-life experiences and practical skills in marketing, social media and communications.

Sluggish hiring closes out frustrating year for job seekers, but unemployment slips to 4.4%

January 9, 2026 | Associated Press

Economists were encouraged by the lower unemployment rate, which had risen in the previous four straight reports.

Job openings slide to 2nd lowest level in 5 years as hiring remains sluggish

January 7, 2026 | Associated Press

The report suggests that the “low-hire, low-fire” job market remains in effect, with workers enjoying some job security but those out of work struggling to find new jobs.

Job seekers, employers say AI’s influence making entry-level work harder to find

October 31, 2025 |

Susan Orr

The rise of artificial intelligence is not only affecting how people work—it’s also shaping the job market itself, especially for graduates in search of their first professional jobs.

Americans increasingly worried about ability to find good jobs, poll finds

October 19, 2025 | Associated Press

Some 47% of U.S. adults are “not very” or “not at all confident” they could find a good job if they wanted to, an increase from 37% when the question was last asked in October 2023.

Millions of workers left out of ‘low-hire, low-fire’ job market

October 8, 2025 | Bloomberg News

More than a quarter of the jobless have been out of work more than a half-year—the highest share since the mid-2010s excluding the pandemic-era years.

SMC relocating more than 200 positions from California to Noblesville HQ

October 3, 2025 | Daniel Bradley

SMC is Noblesville’s largest private employer with about 1,200 employees and operates a 345-acre North American headquarters campus north of 146th Street and west of Howe Road.

US job openings hold steady, with few layoffs and weak hiring

September 30, 2025 | Bloomberg News

Another report showed consumer confidence fell in September to a five-month low on concerns about a cooling labor market and the broader economy.

Indiana sees modest gains in clean-energy jobs, stronger growth in EV sector, report says

September 29, 2025 | Casey Smith, Indiana Capital Chronicle

Though the overall growth was modest, clean-vehicle employment remains one of the stronger performing subsectors in Indiana.

White House budget office tells agencies to draft mass firing plans ahead of potential shutdown

September 25, 2025 | Associated Press

A reduction in force would not only lay off employees but eliminate their positions, which would trigger yet another massive upheaval in a federal workforce that has already faced major rounds of cuts this year.

Upcoming events underscore the value of region’s creative economy

September 12, 2025 |

Dave Lindquist

The Indiana Creative Economy Summit is scheduled for Oct. 13-14 at the Fishers Art Center. A music-themed partner event, the NIVA Live Policy Summit hosted by the National Independent Venue Association, is scheduled Oct. 15-16 at Fountain Square’s Hi-Fi venue.

Lilly rival Novo Nordisk, maker of obesity drug Wegovy, to cut 9,000 jobs

September 10, 2025 | Associated Press

The restructuring, which would eliminate 11% of the company’s workforce, aimed to reduce organizational complexity and speed up decision-making as the company faces a more competitive market for obesity drugs.

US job openings slipped in July amid cooling market

September 3, 2025 | Associated Press

The Labor Department reported Wednesday that job openings fell from 7.4 million in June and came in modestly below what economists had forecast.

IU Health’s Mosaic Center seeks to help Indianapolis residents launch health care careers

August 27, 2025 | Daniel Lee

About 50 people have advanced through the Mosaic program to gain employment at the Indianapolis-based health system.

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