Job seekers in 2025 faced long searches, slow hiring, and growing frustration. They shared their biggest challenges and how ...

Career prospects are rough. Here's how each generation is coping.

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Non-farm payrolls rose 130,000 in January, beating expectations and marking a sharp acceleration from December. The unemployment rate ticked down to 4.3%, revealing labor market stabilization despite ...

The U.S. added 130,000 jobs in January but gained far fewer jobs than initially reported in 2025, according to data released Wednesday by the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS). The January employment ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Erik Sherman reports on business, economics, finance, tech, and law. The January 2026 jobs report — put off from last week because ...

Job seekers are officially hitting a breaking point. After a year of lackluster hiring and an increasingly demoralizing job-search process, many are sitting out the slog of finding new work altogether ...

College grads are launching their careers in one of the worst job markets in years. The unemployment rate for recent college grads reached 9.7% as of September 2025, the same as for 20- to ...

Americans say it's tough to find a job, but employers just added a surprisingly strong 172,000 new hires in May.

If you’re graduating into the 2026 job market—one of the toughest ever—learning the biggest trends transforming the workplace is essential, not only to compete, but to navigate the market ...