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Every week we ship an email newsletter featuring the region’s most exciting career opportunities. We’ve lovingly called it This Week in Jobs (aka TWIJ). Below is this week’s edition; it’s meant to live in your inbox. Sign up for the newsletter here.

Today is a major day in tech — and Pittsburgh — history.

On June 9, 1986, the Pittsburgh Supercomputer Center opened to support the National Science Foundation’s NSFNET, one of the key networks that helped move the internet from research infrastructure toward everyday tool for work, play and various levels of misinformation.

It started with practicality. Before the internet became what it is today, it needed institutions, bandwidth and people willing to build the mundane middle.

Careers work that way, too: The next big thing usually starts with one listing, one conversation, one team that needs exactly what you do. Here are this week’s openings.

The News

At Penn, researchers are developing AI tools that could help make reading medical images faster and more accurate.

Federal contractors are turning to simulations, faster clearances and flexible service models to build the defense workforce, even as recent WARN notices show how contract work can remain volatile.

New LinkedIn data suggests more people are starting companies, but startup job creation remains uneven because most young firms never hire and many founders juggle other income streams.

Philadelphia is weighing factory-built homes as labor shortages and high costs slow construction, but housing production gains depend on earlier coordination around land, utilities and inspections.

A North Louisiana partnership is offering AI upskilling for small nonprofits, helping lean teams speed up grant writing, outreach, recordkeeping and marketing.

A Philadelphia founder says ending a city tax break adds pressure on freelancers and microbusinesses, making building local businesses harder for people already weighing whether to leave.

Partner Spotlight

Leveraging the Ben Franklin Technology Partners and PACT communities, Mentor Connect brings the experience of a curated team of leaders and experts to entrepreneurs, assisting development of the business skills they need to bring ideas and inventions to market.

Tailored to the unique needs of each entrepreneur and their venture, entrepreneurs receive practical hands-on advice from teams of three to five mentors from the PACT and Ben Franklin network.

Learn more and connect with Ben Franklin here.

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The Jobs

Greater Philly

DC, Maryland + Virginia

Pittsburgh

Louisiana

Remote

The End

Cross that bridge to what’s next.