A Federal University of Technology, Akure (FUTA) first-class graduate who applied to work in a Lagos clinic was rejected. She ...

Ask many recruiters how to post a job online successfully, and they liken the process to scaling a mountain or falling down a black hole. The first scenario reflects those who have experienced a ...

As 2025 drew to a close, openings on Indeed, the world's largest job site 1, remained about 5% above pre-pandemic levels, according to the company. Yet that positive figure masked a labor market ...

Annual revisions show that employers added far fewer jobs in 2024 and 2025 than previously estimated. Change in nonfarm employment since Jan. 2023. Note: Data is seasonally adjusted. Source: Bureau of ...

After years of whiplash — from the great resignation to “the big stay” — the U.S. hiring market is entering 2026 in an unfamiliar place: not collapsing, not booming, but stuck in a cautious holding ...

Workers, who were quitting at high rates a few years ago, are now “job hugging” — or, as one consulting firm put it, “holding on to their jobs for dear life.” By Lora Kelley Hugging conjures ...

Workers are "job hugging," or clinging to their jobs "for dear life," according to consultants. They may be nervous to move to new opportunities in the current labor market. Employers have also pulled ...

You probably haven’t looked for a job in a newspaper’s classified pages since the Bush administration—possibly the first one. It could be worth reviving this old-school strategy because many of the ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Caroline Castrillon covers career, entrepreneurship and women at work. The recent bankruptcy filings of Monster and CareerBuilder ...

Employment increased just 0.86% annually compared to May 2024, lower than the historical average of 1.8%, with the addition of 29,600 jobs over the past 12 months. That's just over half of the ...

It's a tough market for job seekers, especially recent graduates, experts said. Employers are hiring at the slowest pace in more than a decade, even as unemployment and layoffs are relatively low. Don ...

MEMPHIS, Tenn. - Job Corps students are now scrambling trying to find a place to live, continue their education, and stay on track toward a career. This comes after the U.S. Department of Labor paused ...