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June 2026 Jobs Report: An Unmoving Tide
9+ hour ago (451+ words) Indeed Hiring Lab June 2026 Jobs Report: An Unmoving Tide June's modest job gains are what's left when both currents go slack " and slack water cannot hold forever. - Employers added 57, 000 jobs in June, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, and…...
May 2026 JOLTS Report: More of the Same
2+ day, 7+ hour ago (159+ words) Indeed Hiring Lab May 2026 JOLTS Report: More of the Same Rising job openings mask a cooler labor market where workers feel less confident about finding something better. - Job openings were unchanged at 7. 6 million in May, from a downwardly revised level…...
June 2026 UK Labour Market Update: Job Postings Continue to Slide
1+ week, 1+ day ago (438+ words) Persistently weak hiring demand continues to weigh on the UK labour market. Our Labour Market Updates examine important trends using Indeed and other labour market data. Our European Labour Market Overview chartbook provides a more comprehensive view of the European…...
Quick Quitting" is Down Amid the Low-hire, Low-fire Labour Market
3+ week, 5+ hour ago (186+ words) Recent hires are much less likely to leave work than they used to. The term "job hugging" has emerged in recent years to describe workers holding on to their jobs longer than they used to. This trend is present in…...
Not Just Tech: Digital Skills Are Spreading Across Every Occupation in Asia-Pacific
3+ week, 2+ day ago (583+ words) Digital skills have become the norm across Asia-Pacific labor markets " but the biggest changes are not happening in tech. Education, insurance, healthcare, and some engineering fields are seeing the fastest growth in digital skill requirements, and employers are paying a…...
Nearly 16% of Active Job Seekers Are Already Working Multiple Jobs
3+ week, 2+ day ago (244+ words) Indeed data reveals a large pool of workers " mostly in hourly, shift-based roles " who hold multiple jobs and are still actively seeking more. A workforce that is increasingly doubling up is not a workforce at rest. Rather, it's a workforce…...
May 2026 Jobs Report: One Strong Headline, but Two Realities
3+ week, 6+ day ago (132+ words) A surprising 172, 000 jobs added in May tells one story; the frozen hires rate and the unemployed waiting longer for work tell another. Nowhere is this more visible than in the long-term unemployment numbers. The share of unemployed workers who have…...
How Skill Concentration Sets Tech and Healthcare Sectors Apart
4+ week, 1+ day ago (224+ words) While most US occupations require a diverse mix of skills, nearly a quarter of analyzed roles are "skill-concentrated," meaning a single category accounts for more than 50% of all required skills for that role. Skills requirements in US jobs are wide-ranging…...
May 2026 UK Labour Market Update: Slow Summer Hiring Another Blow for Young Workers
1+ mon, 4+ hour ago (165+ words) Summer job postings are tracking below prior years, spelling yet fewer avenues for British youth in a tough labour market. Overall job postings on Indeed have broadly stabilised over the past month, though remain subdued. As of 22 May, postings stood…...
April 2026 JOLTS Report: The Bigger They Are, the Harder They Hire
1+ mon, 6+ hour ago (484+ words) Indeed Hiring Lab April 2026 JOLTS Report: The Bigger They Are, the Harder They Hire Openings at the nation's largest employers have surged. But smaller employers, who make up the bulk of hiring, are struggling to keep pace. - Job openings rose…...