Employment

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Young adults participating in a retail training program, learning skills with a sense of hope and opportunity.

Retail CEOs urge scaling of successful programs for UK NEET youth

More than 80 retail chief executives have co-signed a letter coordinated by the British Retail Consortium, sounding the alarm as the number of young people in the UK not in employment, education, or t

Siobhan O'Malley·June 12, 2026

A split image showing a bright, inclusive hiring process on one side and a shadowed, biased process on the other, symbolizing racial bias in AI hiring tools.

Mid-Market Dynamics

AI tools show significant racial bias in job hiring

AI large language models favored white-associated names 85% of the time for job applications, compared to just 9% for Black-associated names, according to Stanford HAI research.

Rafael Montoya·May 26, 2026