Morgan Smith

2 months ago | cnbc.com | Morgan Smith

Nearly three years since ChatGPT was introduced to the world, the excitement surrounding artificial intelligence has hardly waned — especially in the job market. On Google, searches for "AI jobs" have surged in recent months, reaching their highest level since May 2023 in January 2025. Companies are racing to keep up with the rapid pace of AI, and workers are scrambling to learn what it means for their day-to-day routine — or if they'll lose their jobs to a smarter, faster chatbot.

2 months ago | cnbc.com | Morgan Smith

Allison Harbin jokes that she started working in artificial intelligence by accident. Harbin earned a doctoral degree in art history from Rutgers University in 2017 and spent much of her twenties and thirties working in higher education, intending to become a professor. Then, in 2023, she was recruited to work on Gemini, Google's generative AI chatbot, designing and refining its search engine responses.

2 months ago | cnbc.com | Morgan Smith

Chelsea Hirschhorn may be a CEO, but she describes her career as akin to that of a circus performer—specifically, a juggler. Hirschorn has embraced this title since launching Frida, the popular fertility, pregnancy, and infant product company, in 2014. In addition to being a founder and CEO, she is a wife and mother to four children, ages 2 to 11.

2 months ago | cnbc.com | Morgan Smith

Laura Modi finds comfort in chaos. Modi, 39, spent her early thirties building her first company, working 12-hour days and raising three young kids. In 2017, she quit her job as a high-powered executive at Airbnb to create a baby formula with cleaner ingredients, a venture partially inspired by her struggles bottle-feeding her daughter, who had just turned one.

Jan 22, 2025 | cnbc.com | Morgan Smith

If you want to work from home or anywhere in the world, consider a career in project management, technology, or communications. As some high-profile companies tighten return-to-office mandates, employers in these fields are still hiring for more remote, flexible roles, according to new research from FlexJobs. The site found a 20% increase in the number of remote job listings in 2024 compared to 2023, returning to growth levels last seen in 2022.