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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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December 2024 Jobs Day: Coasting Into the New Year

By Cory Stahle - January 10, 2025
The labor market enters 2025 with considerable momentum on the back of stable unemployment and increasing job gains.

November 2024 JOLTS Report: Encouraging Signs of Stabilization

By Cory Stahle - January 7, 2025
Today’s report keeps the hopes of a soft landing alive but also raises concerns.

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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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July 2024 Labor Market Update: Slowdown in Posted Wage Growth Suggests the Market Has Found a Groove

By Allison Shrivastava & Nick Bunker - July 11, 2024
In a sign of a rebalanced labor market, growth in wages and salaries advertised in job postings has leveled off at its pre-pandemic pace.
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June 2024 Labor Market Update: Summer Lifeguards Remain in Demand. Summer Interns, Less So

By Nick Bunker - June 13, 2024
Postings for summer jobs are down almost 17% from a year ago, but up 26% from 2019.
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Line graph titled The quits rate rose for the first time in 17 months shows the quits as a percentage of employment from January 2019 to October 2024, represented by two lines, one tracking the three-month average and the other the Quits rate, on a vertical axis ranging from 1.0% to 3.5% and a horizontal axis ranging from 2019 to 2025.
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