hiring

We can get glimpses through private data sources.

Amazon, Dow, UPS, Pinterest, and T-Mobile are among the many companies to announce layoffs in the last couple of weeks.

“It's something I've done myself and have seen amongst other younger female job seekers,” said freelance writer Megan Robinson. “But in my own case, and in the other women I interviewed, it didn't help any of us get a job.”

The low-fire, low-hire job market is making it hard for young people to enter the workforce.

Employers announced 8% fewer layoffs in December than a year earlier.

By this time next year, more states will have a minimum wage of at least $15 an hour than those where workers receive the federal minimum wage of $7.25 an hour.

The drop in unemployment claims is good news, but other indicators show that few jobs have been created over the past few months — a trend likely to continue in 2026.

According to LinkedIn, the number of job listings that include “storyteller” have doubled in 2025.

With the unemployment rate now at 4.6%, economists are predicting more of the same, at least for the first half of next year.

But health care hiring’s good run may be coming to a close.