Workplace/Jobs

Amy Uccello was laid off from her job at USAID in late January. Her husband lost his job at a nonprofit working with the agency shortly after.

Merchant mariners are aging out of the workforce. Will there be enough new cadets to expand the fleet? 

The number of people who have spent six months or more looking for work has been rising.

Melanie Ehrenkranz writes Laid Off, a newsletter she describes as “the coolest place on the internet to talk about being laid off.”

Employers have added an anemic 35,333 jobs per month since May.

Hiring in health care has helped propel the job market, but that momentum is slowing.

The most recent jobs report showed mediocre job creation in July.

For the first time in 15 years, data from the Atlanta Fed shows that people who switch jobs haven’t been getting any more of a pay bump than people who stick with the same company.

During the pandemic, mothers saw a dramatic increase in workforce participation levels. however, since the beginning of 2025, those levels have seen continuous declines eliminating their pandemic gains.

Applying to jobs is easier than ever in some ways, but also more automated and dehumanizing than ever.