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Plus, AI is the new gender gap front in tech, law school admissions are getting more competitive and nurses are pushing back on AI patient care in this week’s Careers newsletter.

Plus, employee confidence hits an all-time low, Diddy is accused of forced labor practices and a look at universities pausing hiring amid federal uncertainty in this week’s Careers newsletter.

Plus, a look at one DOGE staffer’s career, federal workers receive thousands in pay-to-quit offers and how Melly Barajas runs an all-women Tequila distillery in this week’s Careers newsletter.

Plus, DOGE Staffers Quit As Federal Cuts Worry Wall Street, IRS Layoffs Amid Tax Season and Trump Reinstates Federal Workers in this week’s Careers Newsletter.

Melly Barajas has become known as the “queen of tequila” among industry circles when she started hiring for her company’s launch in 2000 and only women showed up for the interviews. “That was my fuel to keep pushing when things got tough, that I trusted other women, and they trusted me,” she told Forbes' Maria Gracia Santillana Linares.

Plus, the current state of federal job cuts, the best small businesses to buy and how banks are pulling back on DEI language in this week’s Careers Newsletter.

Plus, employee confidence starts 2025 on the low, Google kills DEI hiring targets and are workplace feuds the latest PR strategy? All in this week’s Careers Newsletter.

Plus private sector lessons from employee buyouts, a Navy SEAL headhunter and Taylor Swift pays $197 million in bonuses to tour staff in this week’s Careers newsletter.

If private industry experience is any guide, the government’s top talent is likely to be the first out the door, though unions are warning against taking the deal.

JPMorgan CEO Jamie Dimon stood firm against calls for the financial giant to end its DEI programming, emphasizing his commitment to not being swayed by partisan pressu...