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The U.S. employment sector started the year with a bang as unemployment ticked down and the jobs market exceeded expectations ...

The U.S. economy opened 2026 on better footing, with the latest jobs report showing employers added 130,000 jobs in January.

U.S. employers added just 181,000 jobs last year, the Bureau of Labor Statistics said on Wednesday. That was 69 percent fewer ...

As layoffs pile up, workers are feeling increasingly anxious about the job market. Economists have said businesses are in a "no-hire, no-fire" standstill as hiring stalls overall.

Economists and career coaches agree: Recent college graduates should expect to work harder and longer to land their first job out of college. The total number of new jobs created in 2025 has trended ...

Ryan Jenkins, pictured above on Dec. 10, 2025, is the economic development coordinator for the city of Fairview Heights, Illinois. He encountered a rocky road on the path to finding a job. In July, ...

People have long found ways to draw different conclusions from the same set of statistics — diverging interpretations that are even more common in these divided times. But it’s becoming increasingly ...

Recent college graduates are grappling with an uncertain job market as they enter the start of their careers. In many cases, those challenges stem from tools driven by artificial intelligence. While ...

Recent college graduates are likely to feel the brunt of a tighter labor market first, as employers tamp down on new hiring, and workers who might have left hug their jobs. According to an August ...