The state’s unemployment rate for Black workers stood at 5.9% in this year’s first quarter, according to an analysis of federal data by the Economic Policy Institute. The overall unemployment rate was 3.6%.
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June’s figures suggest businesses remain wary of the economy’s health, with inflation at a three-year high and consumer confidence near post-pandemic lows.
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Hiring has bounced back this year from a miserable 2025, showing resilience in the face of economic uncertainty and painfully high energy prices caused by the Iran war.
The Labor Department’s April report showed the highest number of openings since May 2024.
The study concludes that businesses are reluctant to hire new college grads into remote work because it is harder to train and mentor them if they work outside of the office.
The gap between young and older Americans’ views of the job market now is greater than in any other country among the 141 surveyed, according to the Gallup World Poll.
Gallup’s survey is consistent with what economists call the “low-hire, low-fire” job market.
Layoffs fell slightly and the number of Americans quitting their jobs — a sign of confidence in their prospects — slipped modestly.
EEOC Chair Andrea Lucas has moved swiftly to target diversity and inclusion policies that she has long criticized as potentially discriminatory.
Tight labor markets have tended to pull more entry-level applicants into the workforce, which, in turn, lowers the average age of people being hired, experts say, but that doesn’t seem to be happening now.
Economists were encouraged by the lower unemployment rate, which had risen in the previous four straight reports.
The Labor Department reported that businesses posted far fewer jobs in November than the previous month, a sign that employers aren’t yet ramping up hiring even as growth has picked up.
The report suggests that the “low-hire, low-fire” job market remains in effect, with workers enjoying some job security but those out of work struggling to find new jobs.
The November job gains were higher than the 40,000 economists had forecast.
Walmart CEO Doug McMillon warned at a company event in September that AI is set “to change literally every job” and that his workers would have to adapt.
The rise of artificial intelligence is not only affecting how people work—it’s also shaping the job market itself, especially for graduates in search of their first professional jobs.
More than 80% of small businesses in the United States operate without employees, and many entrepreneurs thrive by staying solo. For others, it’s not a sustainable path. But deciding when and how to grow the team can be challenging.
Amazon announced Tuesday that it’s looking to fill 250,000 full-time, part-time and seasonal positions nationwide ahead of the holiday shopping season.
Retailers’ hiring plans mark the first clues to what’s in store for the U.S. holiday shopping season and come as the U.S. job market has lost momentum.
Another report showed consumer confidence fell in September to a five-month low on concerns about a cooling labor market and the broader economy.
CEO Adam Boitnott, who founded Hylaine in 2017, said the Indianapolis hiring is part of a national growth strategy for the company, which has about 200 employees overall working through five hub locations.
Employers added 911,000 fewer jobs than originally reported in the year that ended in March 2025, the Labor Department reported Tuesday.
