Job postings are sluggish, which is contributing to a slow market rebound. During the course of 2021, the job market seemed to signal that a market rebound was right around the corner. That ended up not being the case and to overcome market sluggishness, a wide swath of industries needs…
First in a 7-part Series on the State of the Workforce and What You Can Do About It It’s over – 2021 that is. However, the issues related to an uneven market rebound are likely not the ending, but just the beginning. The resulting “Great Resignation” has likely created changes…
The November Jobs Report continues to be a mixed scenario. Yet there are signs of getting to market stability. Unemployment rates continue to decline and are now at pre-pandemic levels of 4.4%. Further hiring remains strong with 6.5 million hires which is 500,000 to 1 million above historical levels. In…
The October Jobs Report is clearly a mixed bag. On the one hand unemployment rates have declined to near pre-pandemic territory at 4.7%. This is only 1 percent above the pre-pandemic rate of 3.7% in February 2020. It is also below the historical bellwether level of 5%. Further hiring remains…
The September Jobs Report indicates the tables have turned for workers in a post-pandemic recovery based on crunching the latest jobs and labor data in our Insight for Work solution. In the spring of 2020, millions of workers were laid off or terminated. In September 2021, quit rates approached a…
The August jobs report with the latest jobs and labor data is clearly a mixed bag. On the one hand, we added 3.8 million new Indeed® job postings in August compared to 2.8 million in June and July. Normally August is a lighter recruiting month so this would be welcome…
In the July jobs report the latest number of US job openings keeps establishing a new record – this time at 10.1 million according to data published by the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Normally job openings in a recovery period would be a welcome sign, but not at this point….
It’s time for our June jobs report as we find ourselves at the mid-point of a year unlike any other we will likely experience in our lifetime. It is apparent what should be a meteoric recovery is going to be clouded with fits and starts. Labor Market Situation There are…
Most experts concur that remote work is not going away. Most think that we will transition now to a hybrid environment that may be permanent. Yet, the numbers don’t seem to bear that out at least at this point in time. Remote job postings reached a peak in April of…
Our mid-June Jobs Report progress update indicates that job market growth remains flat compared to this time last month with just under 1.7 million Indeed® jobs posted. This extrapolates to around 2.8 million postings for the month. Key highlights are presented below. Watch the Mid June Jobs Report Video Blog…
The May Jobs Report signals a continued tepid job market recovery. Earlier in the year employers were aggressively posting new positions, but have gradually eased on the accelerator and focused on filling existing openings. Consequently there are a record number of job openings but until the openings start getting filled,…
The results from Indeed® company reviews indicate that stress and work-place happiness don’t go well together. Included in Indeed company reviews is the Indeed Happiness Survey, just introduced in March 2020. This survey enables job seekers to find work environments where they will be the happiest. The survey asks participants…