Workforce scams: Police in Fiji are investigating an overseas employment scheme that allegedly took $100 payments from 300+ people after promising fruit-picking jobs in Australia, leaving many stranded at Nadi International Airport. Career guidance investment: Qatar’s QCDC wrapped up its “Career Counsellors Hub 2026,” training 200+ professionals to better support students through shifting skills needs and labor-market changes. Student hiring pipeline: Indiana State’s Career Center hosted a Welcome Week Student Employment Job Fair, using activities like “Welcome Back Bingo” to push students toward internships and campus jobs. Education-to-work messaging: Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro said there are “no wrong doors” for students, backing funding that expands attendance, graduation, and career/technical education. Second-chance employment: Zimbabwe’s First Lady urged public and private employers to hire rehabilitated, skills-trained youth from the Angel of Hope Drug Rehabilitation Centre. Retirement & earnings pitfalls: A Social Security earnings-test explainer warns retirees can face benefit withholding from “phantom” taxable income when business assets shift to personal use. Mental health and careers: Reports say former NFL cornerback Alphonso Smith Jr. died by suicide at 40 after a troubling final social post referencing “demons.”