Though a few industries have picked up the pace on hiring.

Unemployment, job turnover, and unemployment benefit applications are low. Employers in many industries are in low-hire, low-fire mode.

New research from the Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland finds that earning a college degree can still help you keep a job and get higher wages, but it’s less of an advantage than it used to be.

The government shutdown pushed the report’s release date back by more than six weeks.

The National Retail Federation predicts that this holiday season, retailers will hire fewer than 365,000 workers — the lowest number in 15 years.

Thirty-two percent of business owners say they have jobs open that they can’t fill. And 27% cited labor quality as their single most important problem— the highest level since this time in 2021.

Without more detailed data from the federal government, it’s hard to know.

In a tight labor market, some job seekers are paying for job boards and recruitment services to help land the right gig.

We’ve been without most government labor-market data for about a month.

Business owners are nervous about an uncertain economy, so they’re trying to figure out how to manage their own staffing.