Second-career entrepreneurship: Malaysia’s journalists are turning to side businesses to handle living costs and digital disruption, like a photographer launching a neighborhood coffee catering brand. Career change via training: A redundant data analyst in the UK retrained through a funded web-development bootcamp and is now building a children’s reward app. Pay expectations vs reality: Singapore’s fresh grads are earning less than they expected, with analysts urging more realistic salary planning. Wage and workload fairness: A Singapore software engineer says he’s stuck at S$3,500 while training higher-paid new hires, after staffing cuts left him carrying extra responsibilities. Job access and disability barriers: A blind UK jobseeker says he applied to 1,000 roles for 16 months, then started his own firm after reporting discrimination and poor support. Employment policy and reintegration: Ghana’s foreign minister says returning evacuees from South Africa will get help finding work as part of reintegration support. Labor market and skills ladder: Korea’s skilled-worker visa is helping some foreign workers move into supervisory roles, but long-term settlement and career growth remain limited. Local jobs from big projects: Bolton Council’s West of Wingates industrial estate plan targets thousands of jobs, with an ongoing consultation shaping employment space. Wage theft and illegal work: UK immigration enforcement found an illegal worker at a Birmingham takeaway outlet and alleged pay below minimum wage. AI-era job search advice: Mark Cuban tells graduates to start with small businesses, arguing they’ll drive much of the AI-era hiring.