In a job market clogged with applications, the old advice no longer works. Here's how to choose the strategy that gives you ...

In July 2024, Magdalena Robinson was laid off from her job as a vice president of talent acquisition at a media agency. The news came as a shock — by all accounts she was doing well — but she saw a ...

Workers are using dating apps to boost their job searches. They’re recognizing that the online job hunt is broken as ...

The impasse in Congress over funding has delayed a closely-watched report on the labor market for the second month in a row. Without that official jobs tally, the available signals are mixed. This ...

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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 ...

The current job market is rife with pitfalls for employers and candidates alike — and the "ghost effect" isn't likely to let up in 2026.

The job market from 2021 to 2025 reflected a post-Covid recovery. Unemployment averaged around 3.6 to 4.2% and monthly job gains of 200,000+. In 2026, unemployment is projected to be 4.5 to 4.8%, with ...

They call it the Great Freeze. That’s how some analysts describe the U.S. job market recently — a “low-hire, low-fire” environment where workers who have jobs are not losing them but finding a new job ...

Isabelita Castilho is a Job Search Strategist, C-Suite Advisor & a thought leader in Executive Career Transition at Executive Power FZE. Most executives I meet still start their job search the same ...