Samwise High Tech Recruiting Newsletter
Saturday, October 3, 2026
Employers Add Just 29,000 Jobs in September as Wage Growth Slips to 3%, Lowest Since May 2021
U.S. nonfarm payrolls rose by 29,000 in September, well below the 84,000 economists surveyed by Dow Jones expected, and the unemployment rate increased to 4.2%, the Bureau of Labor Statistics reported Friday. Average hourly earnings rose 0.1% for the month, putting the 12-month gain at 3%, the lowest since May 2021. Revisions to July and August showed 60,000 fewer jobs than previously reported. Information services lost 10,000 jobs amid worries over artificial intelligence, CNBC reported. ManpowerGroup’s Ger Doyle told SHRM that job postings stay open an average of 61 days, with searches extending to 77 days for engineering roles.
Anthropic Commits $100 Million to Train 10,000 Frontier Deployed Engineers by End of 2027
Anthropic announced the Claude Frontier Academy on October 2, backed by a $100 million commitment to train 10,000 Frontier Deployed Engineers by the end of 2027. The first program follows a medical-training model: engineers complete a multi-day in-person program and a graded practical, then enter a 12-week residency leading a real Claude use case at their own organization. Cohorts are running in San Francisco, New York and London, with engineers from Accenture, Bain, Capgemini, Commonwealth Bank of Australia, Deloitte, McKinsey, Morgan Stanley and Novo Nordisk. Anthropic framed the effort around a shortage of enterprise AI talent.
OpenAI Parts Ways with Three Safety Team Members Over Alleged Mishandling of Sensitive Information
OpenAI has parted ways with three members of its safety team after an investigation found they mishandled sensitive company information, the company confirmed to Gizmodo on Thursday. The Wall Street Journal reported that the three allegedly shared confidential material with a third-party AI safety organization. An OpenAI spokesperson said the individuals violated policies on accessing and handling sensitive information and broke “the trust essential to our work.” None of the three immediately replied to requests for comment, and OpenAI did not respond when Gizmodo asked it to confirm their identities.
Sources: Gizmodo, Fox Business
Meta Lets Go of Virtue AI Hires Four Months After They Joined
Meta is letting go of employees it hired from AI safety startup Virtue AI four months after they joined the company in June, spokesperson Andy Stone told Semafor. Stone attributed the departures to clashing work styles, saying, “Unfortunately, the arrangement didn’t work out as planned.” Axios reported in June that Virtue AI co-founders Bo Li, Dawn Song and Sanmi Koyejo were joining Meta along with other employees from the startup. Stone added that Meta Superintelligence Labs remains focused on AI safety, alignment and frontier risk. Virtue had previously done work with Anthropic, OpenAI and the Commerce Department’s NIST.
Satellite Joint Venture of Three Wireless Carriers Names Paul Roth Interim CEO
AT&T, T-Mobile and Verizon formed a joint venture to expand mobile and satellite coverage in underserved parts of the United States and named Paul Roth interim CEO while the companies search for a permanent chief executive, TheDesk reported October 1. Roth previously held leadership positions at AT&T, Cingular Wireless and Ameritech. The venture, which does not yet have a name, will be overseen by a board with representatives from each founding company and will initially focus on direct-to-device satellite connectivity. Engadget noted that no details were provided on when dead-zone coverage will begin.
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