Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Kara Dennison writes about careers, leadership, and the job market. In the 2025 job market, hiring slowed as employers became more ...

U.S. employers are still adding jobs in 2025, but the pace has cooled to its weakest level in a decade and a half outside the shock of 2020. Headline payroll gains remain positive, yet a mix of ...

Jobseekers wait in line to speak to recruiters during the Best Hire Chicago Career Fair in Chicago, Illinois, US, on Thursday, Aug. 7, 2025. Recurring applications for unemployment benefits surged to ...

There was a groundswell of demand for talent, and unsurprisingly this spread to the demand for AI, data science, and engineering jobs, which increased 28% compared to 2024, according to data provided ...

Senate Democrats circulated numerous posts saying the state experienced 0% job growth in 2025, challenging Republicans' ...

The 2025 job search has turned into a grinding test of endurance, where qualified people fire off hundreds of applications and hear nothing back. What was once a stressful but linear process now feels ...

The Labor Department released its final jobs report of 2025 on Friday. The December jobs report showed employers adding 50,000 jobs during the month. While below top-line expectations, the gains were ...

A picture of the New Haven Job Corps Center located at 455 Wintergreen Ave, New Haven, CT 06515. The center is currently open for business. Credit: Janhavi Munde / CT Mirror Connecticut’s unemployment ...

Employers across the U.S. added 50,000 jobs in December, capping a year of muted job growth that saw employers pull back on hiring amid economic uncertainty. The monthly job gains were below the ...

The Texas economy expanded to $2.9 trillion in 2025, faster than the growth of the national economy when adjusted for ...

San Diego County’s job growth slowed considerably in 2025, with 62% fewer jobs than the year before. The county added 4,700 jobs last year, said state labor data released Friday and seasonally ...

The official count of payroll jobs at the end of 2025 was revised downward by more than 1 million on Wednesday by the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Previously, the agency estimated that payroll jobs ...