The impasse in Congress over funding has delayed a closely-watched report on the labor market for the second month in a row. Without that official jobs tally, the available signals are mixed. This week, a big payroll processing company reported an uptick ...

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 selective, timelines lengthened, and job seekers faced ...

A recent string of high-profile layoffs have taken up headlines and caused anxiety in the workforce. Companies announced 153,074 layoffs in October, adding up to 1.1 million cut announcements for the year, according to outplacement firm Challenger, Gray ...

(NewsNation) — After a year of cooling, 2026 will reveal whether the job market is stabilizing or weakening further. It’s a question dividing policymakers as they try to interpret what Fed Chair Jerome Powell recently called a “complicated, unusual ...

Ty Roush is a breaking news reporter based in New York City. The U.S. private sector shed more than 11,000 jobs per week on average through late October, according to data released Tuesday by the private payroll processing firm ADP, as economists have ...

• The US economy lost 105,000 jobs in October and added 64,000 jobs in November, the Bureau of Labor Statistics reported Tuesday. The unemployment rate rose to a four-year high of 4.6% last month. • Almost all economic reports from the Bureau of Labor ...

The health-care sector has powered job growth in the U.S. economy in 2025. That's largely because baby boomers are hurtling into their retirement years, boosting health-care demand since older adults generally need more medical services. That ...

The unemployment rate has remained stable over the past decade, but the job market hasn't felt that way for everyone. Here's what the data shows.