Global Scans · Media & Entertainment · Weekly Summary

• While most brands use social media to find new UGC creators, there are other places a business might choose to post requests - in the form of job boards and UGC platforms. Whop
• Absent a meaningful uptick in job openings and postings, finding a job could be trickier in 2025 than it was during the hiring surge of 2021 and 2022, especially in knowledge-work sectors (including software development, marketing, and media & communications) where employer demand remains low. Indeed Hiring Lab
• Industry Projections: Mukesh Ambani projected a $100 billion leap for India's media and entertainment sector, creating massive investment and job opportunities. Global Education News
• Job seekers with skills in SEO, social media, and online advertising will find plenty of career opportunities in 2025. Canada Immigration News
• The AI wave is sweeping economies, technology and social media platforms and changing scores of industries and potentially threatening jobs worldwide. Bozeman Daily Chronicle
• Saudi Arabia's Vision 2030 is driving specific support measures for the entertainment sector, with a goal of contributing $23 billion or 3% of GDP and creating more than 100,000 jobs by 2030. ArabNews
• Beyond the direct financial benefits, the influx of visitors will likely have a broader impact on local businesses, hospitality services, and entertainment industries, contributing to job creation and economic stimulation in various regions across Germany. Travel And Tour World
• In modern times we hear about the lack of job opportunity in Cuba and how visitors have no wifi-connection and tend to disappear off of social media while in Cuba. Packs Light
• Social Media for Professional Networking: Platforms like LinkedIn, Twitter, and even Instagram can be powerful tools for building your professional network, discovering job opportunities, and showcasing your skills and achievements. Business & Financial Times
• Engaging in Social Media Recruitment: To connect with Gen Z, who often use platforms like TikTok as search engines, government recruitment efforts should extend beyond traditional job listing sites, embracing social media to communicate meaningful mission opportunities. Recruitment Marketing
• In the media industry, Channel 4 is drawing up plans to cut potentially as many as 200 jobs in its biggest round of layoffs in more than 15 years. The Guardian
• It was announced to restrict traffic based on suspected risk in geographical areas, limit the number of workers at jobs, introduce online working at home, make mask wear compulsory in public areas, and raise public awareness through social media. PubMed Central (PMC)
• 12 million American workers will need to switch jobs by 2030 as a consequence of generative AI - artificial intelligence capable of generating text, images and other media. Tech Xplore
• WFH scams usually start with an online ad, perhaps on social media or even on even abuse legitimate career sites such as LinkedIn other platforms where job seekers look for new opportunities. WeLiveSecurity
• The investments that create jobs in tourism, services, light manufacturing, heavy industry, design, entertainment, retail, shipping, publishing, communications, and finance will have to come from the global private sector. Foreign Affairs Magazine
• Roles where organizations surveyed report Marketing and media to be increasing in importance fastest, alongside estimates of the net job growth from 2023 to 2027. World Economic Forum
• Rising unemployment and lack of flexibility in the South African digital media sphere required a business model that would centre young creatives, without requiring extensive years of experience from them prior to giving them a job opportunity. The Media Online
• LinkedIn, the last major US social media platform operating in China, will shut down and transition to a job search agency after Beijing authorities reportedly gave it 30 days to better regulate its content. USMAIL24
• Biden does not even entertain for a moment the idea that his administration's various multi-trillion dollar spending plans - such as the American Rescue Plan, Build Back Better, the American Jobs Plan, and the American Families Plan - are driving up inflation and distorting markets. The Epoch Times

Last updated: 29 June 2025