Skip to main content

Business

Careers

Next-Gen Jobs

March 18, 2025

What jobs will we have in the future? A recent report explores that question. In January, the World Economic Forum (WEF) released its 2025 Future of Jobs Report. It includes survey data from more than 1,000 of the world’s largest…

Audio
Content available on Your Hot Job

Careers

Pride on the Farm

March 13, 2025

Iowa is the largest producer of corn in the United States. Moreover, the state has more than 86,000 farms and about 30 million acres of farmland. It’s second only to California in total agricultural production. That’s no small feat. In…

Content available on Your Hot Job

Careers

Making it Up

February 10, 2025

Danessa Myricks is the first to admit that her path to the beauty industry was unconventional. “I say that I am accidental in every way,” she says. “I knew nothing, I had no money, but I did have passion.” Myricks…

Content available on Your Hot Job

Careers

Sky’s the Limit

January 23, 2025

David Neeleman is the CEO of Breeze Airways, the latest of five commercial airlines he has founded. Building his career hasn’t always been easy. “I have attention deficit disorder (ADD), so I can be all over the map,” he told…

Environment

Ready for Love

April 3, 2024

Charlotte Liebling considers herself a “world watcher”—someone who carefully observes the world around her. Here’s an example: When she was in college, Liebling volunteered at a store that sold secondhand goods. She observed people bringing in items to donate, including…

Audio
Content available on Your Hot Job

Careers

Counter Culture

October 19, 2023

Joanne Chang opened the first Flour bakery in 2000. Now there are nine locations, all in and around Boston, Massachusetts. TFK Kid Reporter Harper Carroll, who lives there, met Chang at Flour’s original location to discuss the pastry chef’s career. …

Environment

Snow Business

March 16, 2023

Europe’s ski resorts haven’t been getting enough snow. Amedeo Reale isn’t worried. He’s the president of Sci Club 18, in Cortina d’Ampezzo, a town in Italy’s Dolomite mountains. In 2026, the area will host the women’s Winter Olympics downhill skiing…

Audio
Spanish
Content available on Your Hot Job

Sports

Plotting a Course

December 7, 2022

If you enjoy learning about interesting jobs, find this article and more like it on Your Hot Job, TFK's new career-focused website for kids. What does your future hold? Brandon Johnson is a vice president and senior golf course architect…

Business

Musk Buys Twitter

November 4, 2022

Elon Musk became the new owner of Twitter on October 27. He also runs the electric carmaker Tesla and the rocket company SpaceX. Musk paid $44 billion for the social-media company. Many are wondering how Twitter will change now that…

Audio

Science

Fossil for Sale

July 11, 2022

A dinosaur skeleton is going up for sale. Sotheby’s, the New York City auction house, made the announcement last week. The fossil will be part of a natural-history auction on July 28. The skeleton belonged to a Gorgosaurus, a cousin…

Audio