720,000 Americans QUIT Looking For Work In ONE Month + Lowest Rate Since 1976 Outside COVID

Tired of wondering if you'll be LAID OFF? Grab your 40+ Career Playbook and find the page that matches where you are right now: https://www.nxtgenheights.com/offers/... To access FI systems for free click here: https://www.fisystems.net/ 720,000 Americans left the labor force in June — the lowest participation rate since 1976 outside COVID. Same week, SAP froze hiring and travel to fund AI, Microsoft launched a $2.5 billion AI unit while cutting elsewhere, and a Goldman Sachs economist says 15 million jobs could be displaced by AI — while also saying 85% of all job growth in 80 years came from tech creating brand new jobs. Both are true. Today we break down where the money is actually going, who's getting left out, and what you do this week to be on the right side of it. Plus: Jim Butler joins the Climb Seat — how he built FI Systems and Lyric Pro, and how a $4 billion investment firm found him first. ⏱️ TIMESTAMPS 00:00 Cold Open — The Numbers 03:30 SAP Freezes Hiring To Fund AI 11:00 Microsoft, Blackstone & OpenAI Do The Same Thing 17:30 720,000 People Left The Labor Force 32:00 Get Close To The Budget — What To Do This Week 41:00 THE CLIMB SEAT: Jim Butler 58:00 Executive Summary + Close 🔗 FREE 2026 Career Protection Playbook: https://nxtgenheights.com 🎯 Career Clarity Audit: https://nxtgenheights.com/career-clar... 🔐 The Heights Inner Circle (Patreon):   / blackheights   📧 Daily Climb Newsletter (Mon–Fri, free): https://nxtgenheights.com 📊 SOURCES BLS JOLTS (May 2026): https://www.bls.gov/news.release/jolt... AWS Forward Deployed Engineers: https://www.cnbc.com/2026/06/30/aws-a... Cisco California layoffs: https://www.crn.com/news/software/202... AI layoffs / headcount study: https://www.businessinsider.com/the-a... 📥 FREE — 2026 Career Protection Playbook + Daily Climb Newsletter → https://nxtgenheights.com/playbook 📋 Career Clarity Audit (know your exact target role in 24 hrs) → https://nxtgenheights.com/career-clar... 🔐 The Heights Inner Circle — Patreon (the room where people build the answer) →   / blackheights   📧 Daily Climb Newsletter (Free, Mon–Fri) → https://nxtgenheights.com 🔗 SOURCES (verified) New show every weekday, 7:25 AM Central. Wall Street's headlines, your career strategy. #JobsReport #LaborMarket #AIJobs #Unemployment #CareerAdvice #TheDailyClimb #LadderClimbers #JobMarket #AIandWork #CareerStrategy #SAP #Microsoft #Layoffs2026