Job Market Retightened in Some Industries, Loosened in Others: Layoffs & Discharges, Voluntary Quits, Job Openings, and Hires by Wolf Richter • Dec 5, 2023 • 134 Comments Job openings in construction near record; job market retightens in manufacturing and in business & professional services where many tech companies are.
Which Industries Lost Jobs, Which Gained Jobs? Longer-Term Employment Trends in Charts by Segment by Wolf Richter • Nov 3, 2023 • 44 Comments Some are hot, some are very cold.
Manufacturing Jobs Hit by Strikes. Job Growth Still Decent. We Look at Part-Time Jobs (Plunged), Self-Employment, and Multiple Jobholders by Wolf Richter • Nov 3, 2023 • 53 Comments Increases in average hourly earnings accelerate sharply for private sector Production and Nonsupervisory Employees.
Alphabet Shows the Mega-Layoff Announcements Were Just That, Headcount Dropped Far Less and is Rising Again by Wolf Richter • Oct 25, 2023 • 52 Comments But the layoff announcements across tech and social media were effective in re-explaining to workers who the boss is.
My Favorite Recession Indicator: No Recession in Sight Yet by Wolf Richter • Oct 19, 2023 • 129 Comments There will be a recession someday, there’s always one eventually. But not yet.
A Jobs Report You’d Expect from an Economy Plugging along Just Fine (What a Bummer?). Thing about Multiple Jobholders by Wolf Richter • Oct 6, 2023 • 208 Comments The number of jobs created was even upwardly revised, for a change.
What, the Tech & Social Media Layoff Queens Are Hiring? Trends in Job Openings, Hires, Layoffs & Discharges, Voluntary Quits by Wolf Richter • Oct 3, 2023 • 54 Comments Still a tight labor market for many industries, but the massive churn slows.
Sign of Tight Labor Market, Strength of Ecommerce: Amazon to Hire 250,000 for Holidays, up from 150,000 Last Year, Boost Wages, Offer Sign-on Bonuses by Wolf Richter • Sep 20, 2023 • 48 Comments While fewer and fewer Americans head to the malls.
My Favorite Recession Indicator: The Next Recession Moves Further out of Sight by Wolf Richter • Sep 7, 2023 • 221 Comments There will be a recession, there’s always a recession eventually. But we’ll just have to keep watching for it.
Labor Force Spikes, Wage Pressures Stuck at High Levels, Job Market Sorts Out the Distortions from the Pandemic by Wolf Richter • Sep 1, 2023 • 88 Comments With the labor force surging, did they all get jobs? No. But many did.
