Jobs News Labor Market Appears Strong For Workers Despite Recent Job Cuts

Job openings rise to five-month high in welcome news for labor market

Job openings rose in October to the highest level since May, a sign that the labor market is holding up despite some recent signs of slowing. The data were released Tuesday morning after being delayed ... Read More

America’s job market is turning into an exclusive airport lounge

Job opportunities didn’t shrink as expected in October, but hiring continued to stall and layoffs increased in a month when the US government was shut down and hundreds of thousands of federal workers ... Read More

"No hire, no fire" job market may no longer be a thing as big companies announce mass layoffs

For most of 2025, the job market was described by economists as "no hire, no fire" — a stretch of time when job seekers faced slim prospects, but workers could count on job security. But that fragile ... Read More

US economy saw stronger-than-expected job growth in September, but the unemployment rate rose

• The latest snapshot of the US labor market showed an unexpected rebound of 119,000 jobs in September but a loss for August and a lower total for July. The report was originally scheduled for October ... Read More

Class of 2025: How’s the job search going? The Midwest Newsroom wants to know

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 ... Read More

There's no jobs report today, but here's what private data is telling us about the labor market

Economists, journalists, and investors won't be waiting by their laptops this morning for a new jobs report. It's the second month without this data release. The agency isn't releasing most reports or ... Read More

Absent the jobs report, let's look at other labor market indicators

Today is Thursday, Oct. 30, when the Bureau of Labor Statistics’ weekly report on jobless claims nationwide usually comes out. But with the government shutdown, it remains absent. It’s been about a ... Read More

Is the job market getting worse? As the shutdown continues, this is what we know

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 ... Read More

Federal Government Job Cuts Still Hitting Employment Data: The Labor Market By Major Industry In Charts

The headcount reduction by the federal government reached 97,000 since January, including a further reduction of 3,000 civilian employees in September. State governments have shed 25,000 employees ... Read More

Still no sign of surging layoffs despite Amazon, UPS job cuts

U.S.-based online retailing giant Amazon said it is eliminating 14,000 jobs to streamline its operations. Amazon's plans to discard at least 14,000 employees and the elimination of 48,000 jobs at UPS ... Read More

Struggling to find a job? Three reasons why the UK labour market is stuck right now

Britain’s jobs market appears to have entered a “low-hire, low-fire” freeze, creating stagnation that could affect everyone from school-leavers to professionals. But unlike recessions characterised by ... Read More