Unemployment

Wix cuts 20% of its employees citing shekel-dollar exchange rate, AI implementation

According to the CEO, the fact that the company has shekel-dominated costs and dollar-denominated revenue made it impossible to keep its current operations running without cutting back.

: In this photo illustration, a person holds a smartphone displaying the logo of Wix.com Ltd. (NASDAQ: WIX), a cloud-based web development platform, in front of a screen showing the company's branding on July 31, 2025.
(ILLUSTRATIVE) A logo of Meta AI sits outside the Meta House on the opening day of the 55th annual meeting of the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, January 20, 2025.

Behind the layoff headlines lies a more complex reality - opinion

 A voter holds his proof of Kuwaiti citizenship upon arriving at a polling station during parliamentary elections in Kuwait City on June 6, 2023.

Major change in Kuwaiti citizenship laws sees thousands lose nationality

Jerusalem's Mahane Yehuda market bustles as the war in Iran rages, March 5, 2026

Israel registered 37% less unpaid leave applications than in previous Iran war, report reveals


Israeli immigrant uses QR code to help with job hunt

What lengths would you go to in order to find your next perfect role? For one immigrant to Israel, the limit does not exist.

 QR code signs leading to a candidate's resume were posted up and down Tel Aviv's Rothschild Boulevard.

Unemployment is pushing Gazan youths to move abroad

Tens of thousands of Israel-issued work permits do nothing to put a dent in an unemployment rate of 70% among Gazan youths.

 Moamen Toman, a Palestinian man, reads a book in his coffee shop in Gaza Strip January 23, 2023

Gen Z want more flexible working conditions - study

A study conducted by Fiverr has shown that workers aged between 16-26 value passion, flexibility and the ability to build skill when seeking employment opportunities.

The Bnei Brak Employment Center

Rewrite ‘internal algorithms’ to help in job hunt - comment

Here to help with your biggest job hunt questions.

THE UNNAMED ASSISTANT’S fears of messing up, disappointing her boss and losing her job conflict with her sense that Harvey Weinstein is abusing women and she is helping him do so, in a way that traps her in a kind of chronic torment.

What are the best jobs in Israel? Recruiting website has the answer

Israelis have plenty of options to expand their job hunt, yet they still flock to the same few companies. What's so special about them?

 Email Marketing Course at the workplace

Hundreds of thousands of Israelis could be laid off without change

The Manufacturers' Association of Israel has warned that if the situation doesn't drastically change, hundreds of thousands of employees will be laid off.

 Independent business owners and workers from the tourism sector protest, calling for financial support from the Israeli government, outside the Ben Gurion International Airport, on December 13, 2021

Netanyahu fires 3 drivers who worked for 9 PMs without warning

Netanyahu claimed that the drivers could no longer work with him because he doesn't trust them after they worked for Bennett and Lapid.

 BENJAMIN NETANYAHU has formed a government but it will not be one that is easy to manage.

Amazon CEO says job cuts to exceed 18,000 roles

The company began letting staff go in November from its devices division, with a source telling Reuters at the time it was targeting around 10,000 cuts.

 Amazon is shutting down its fledgling health care service, Amazon Care, at the end of this year. Shown is an Amazon facility in Sunnyvale, California.

Mental illness on the rise in Israel - report

Two major triggers for mental distress are loneliness and economic distress.

Stress, illustrative

Arab world sees highest unemployment rate

With the global economic recovery in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic slowed by the effects of the Russia-Ukraine war, the Arab world has been hit particularly hard.

 BEDOUIN WOMEN seek employment via Rahat’s Rayan center, focusing on the integration of previously unemployed women from Bedouin society in the Negev into the workforce (Illustrative).