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February 2025 US Labor Market Update: Job Seekers’ New Year’s Optimism Springs Eternal

By Allison Shrivastava - February 20, 2025
Starting the new year in search of a job remains as popular as ever, even as the level of job postings has not meaningfully budged to start the year.
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US Q4 2024 Retail Labor Market Update: Retail Job Postings Slip Below Pre-Pandemic Levels

By Daniel Culbertson - February 6, 2025
The Indeed Hiring Lab tracks Retail employment trends, analyzing the latest Indeed data. We examine overall Retail employment trends and dive deeper into Indeed job-posting trends and various Retail occupational categories.

US Q4 2024 Healthcare Labor Market Update: Healthcare Demand Remains Strong 

By Daniel Culbertson - February 6, 2025
The Indeed Hiring Lab tracks Healthcare employment trends, analyzing the latest Indeed data. We examine overall labor market trends and dive deeper into job-posting trends in various Healthcare occupational categories. Finally, we look into recent trends relating to employers' advertisement of salar...

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Hiring Lab’s Global Jobs & Hiring Trends Reports for 2025

By Alexandre Judes & Allison Shrivastava & Callam Pickering & Cory Stahle & Daniel Culbertson & Jack Kennedy & Lisa Feist & Yusuke Aoki - January 15, 2025
Insights and expectations from the Indeed Hiring Lab's Global Jobs and Hiring Trends Reports for 2025.
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Indeed’s 2025 US Jobs & Hiring Trends Report: What To Expect When You’re Expecting a Soft Landing

By Allison Shrivastava & Cory Stahle & Daniel Culbertson - December 10, 2024
The US labor market’s resilience continued in 2024, and now all eyes turn toward a potential soft landing in 2025.
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November 2024 US Labor Market Update: Signs of Changing Attitudes Toward Remote Work

By Allison Shrivastava - November 19, 2024
Even within tech sectors, which are typically more generous with remote/hybrid work offerings, remote opportunities are inching downward compared to the year prior.
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October 2024 US Labor Market Update: Going below the Surface of This Summer’s Stabilization in Job Postings

By Cory Stahle - October 17, 2024
The steady decline in US job postings leveled off this summer, but diverging sector trends in recent years has led to uneven opportunities for job seekers.
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September 2024 US Labor Market Update: Posted Wage Growth Has Picked Up

By Nick Bunker - September 19, 2024
Growth in the wages and salaries advertised in job postings has re-accelerated slightly, with notable strength in high-wage sectors.
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August Labor Market Update: Reasons for Cautious Optimism Around an Ominous Rise in Unemployment

By Nick Bunker - August 21, 2024
The rising unemployment rate can’t be ignored, but the forces behind the recent increase suggest it’s unlikely to immediately turn into a surge.
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