TVET & youth jobs: Malaysia’s new TeknoVocasX Academy campus in Kelantan is set to start in October with Automotive and Electrical tracks, a nine-month program, allowances, and industry-linked job pathways. Workforce funding: Wisconsin Gov. Tony Evers and DWD announced nearly $900,000 in Fast Forward Training Grants to train 340+ workers across healthcare, customer service, tech, and manufacturing. Career support for citizens: UAE MoHRE says 60,000+ people have used its career counselling program to improve private-sector job matching and interview readiness. Skills for the AI era: Pearson’s report with AWS warns employers struggle to find graduates with AI skills, even as graduate unemployment persists. AI hiring risk: A landmark US lawsuit targets Workday over claims its AI recruiting tools screened out older, Black, and disabled applicants—raising questions about provider liability. Job search tools: CareerHub launched free one-year access to MyCareer Premium, pitching resume-and-skills search plus AI matching and coaching. Workplace wellbeing: A new benchmark tests whether frontier AI can truly understand employee feedback, not just summarize it. Training pipelines: Ghana’s coastal youth unemployment expert points to TVET, apprenticeships, and better links to job info as key fixes. Employer recognition: Oxley Group and Rackspace Technology both earned Defence Employer Recognition Scheme Gold awards for stronger support of veterans and reservists. Labor & pay pressure: Samsung unions escalate protests over a near-100-fold compensation gap between device and chip divisions. Immigration & layoffs: A Meta employee’s case highlights how US post-layoff visa rules can force long-tenured workers to leave.