Career advice, platform updates, and commentary on the American job market.
CNN's reporting finds the hard data doesn't support an AI-driven jobs apocalypse — but that hasn't stopped companies from citing AI to justify layoffs anyway, unemployment ticking up to 4.3% along the way.
Indeed's Q2 2026 vertical breakdown shows software, finance, and manufacturing still adding jobs while healthcare and retail postings slide.
A new White House release credits mass deportation policy with 2 million more native-born Americans employed and falling home prices — figures worth examining on their own terms.
Indeed's August 2026 snapshot shows job postings barely above pre-pandemic levels — a number that looks calm until you look at what's moving underneath it.
Unemployment among recent college graduates has climbed to roughly 5.7%, well above the national rate of 4.3%, as entry-level hiring dries up and young Americans grow visibly more pessimistic about the job market.
An opinion piece on America's bifurcated labor market argues that protections for credentialed professionals coexist with an off-the-books workforce that keeps low-wage jobs cheap — leaving working-class Americans squeezed from both directions.
The July 2026 jobs report showed a surprise loss of 23,000 jobs, sharp downward revisions, and wage growth that isn't keeping up with prices.