As 2025 drew to a close, openings on Indeed, the world's largest job site 1, remained about 5% above pre-pandemic levels, according to the company. Yet that positive figure masked a labor market ...

WASHINGTON, Jan 7 (Reuters) - U.S. job openings fell more than expected in November while hiring eased, suggesting demand for labor continued to ebb amid economic uncertainty. Job openings, a measure ...

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Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Caroline Castrillon covers career, entrepreneurship and women at work. You're not imagining it. Job hunting feels impossible right ...

This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Jesse Tervooren, a 39-year-old former HR executive based in Vancouver, Washington. It's been edited for length and clarity. When I quit my ...

The government shutdown has delayed the Bureau of Labor Statistics’ jobs report, but private data suggests the market remains challenging, though there are a few bright spots for job seekers. In the ...

Workers, who were quitting at high rates a few years ago, are now “job hugging” — or, as one consulting firm put it, “holding on to their jobs for dear life.” By Lora Kelley Hugging conjures ...

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Harris started looking for his first real job months before his graduation from UC Davis this spring. He had a solid résumé, he thought: a paid internship at a civic-consulting firm, years of ...

They don’t seem happy, they don’t give 100%—and they don’t quit. Cranky workers are clinging to the jobs they have instead of moving on because, well, what’s the alternative in the current economy?

Have you hugged your job lately? Maybe you should. Forget job hopping: More people are job hugging in the cooling labor market. “At an alarming rate, more and more employees are displaying what is ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Caroline Castrillon covers career, entrepreneurship and women at work. The recent bankruptcy filings of Monster and CareerBuilder ...