Category: Indeed Blog

With high-profile layoffs making headlines, a deeper look at job openings suggests that job seekers’ experience in the labor market differs widely by industry. The post March 2026 JOLTS Report: Stable, Depending on What You Do appeared first on Indeed Hiring Lab.

Employers’ insurance costs are rising faster than wages, and the real acceleration may only just be getting started. The post Q1 2026 Employment Cost Index: Why Insurers Are Getting Larger Raises Than Workers appeared first on Indeed Hiring Lab.

The Fed held rates steady today, as expected. Oil price volatility, sluggish hiring, and leadership uncertainty leave its path forward murky for the remainder of 2026. The post April 2026 FOMC Reaction: Uncertainty From All Directions appeared first on Indeed Hiring Lab.

AI is moving past the era of viral curiosity and into something much more durable. The post Job Seeker Searches for AI Roles Have Grown 11x Since ChatGPT Released appeared first on Indeed Hiring Lab.

More new graduates are creating profiles on Indeed, and it’s very likely many of them are there because their job searches have gotten harder. The post For New Grads Looking for Work, the Struggle Is Real – But Not for All appeared first on Indeed Hiring Lab.

Workers across countries see skill development as essential but many feel employers consider it less of a priority. Recent evidence from Spain shows that incentivizing companies to offer permanent contracts can lead them to offer more training. The post Workers Want Training but Employers Don’t Always Deliver. Can Policy Help?

The pandemic didn’t just temporarily disrupt the labor market, it created a period of labor hoarding that we’re only now fully working through. The post What Goes Up, Must Come Down: How the Labor Market Is Emerging From the Long Shadow of the Pandemic appeared first on Indeed Hiring Lab.

What do millions of job postings reveal about the core skills required by employers in today’s labor market? The post Skill Set, Match appeared first on Indeed Hiring Lab.

Why is the US Labor Force Participation Rate projected to fall through 2034? The answer lies in a powerful force that operates quietly in the background of the labor market, and it’s unlikely to reverse anytime soon. The post The Demographic Squeeze: Why Labor Force Participation is Projected to Fall

March’s numbers were strong, but recent data show the job market is getting quieter and more volatile, with monthly gains and losses adding up to little net growth. The post March 2026 Jobs Report: A Bumpy Road and a Moving Finish Line appeared first on Indeed Hiring Lab.

A labor market already struggling to find a gear is looking at fresh speed bumps ahead. The post February 2026 JOLTS Report: Stuck in Neutral appeared first on Indeed Hiring Lab.

The gap between male and female labor force participation has hit a record low — and it’s still falling. The post March 2026 Labor Market Update: How Women Have Closed the Other Workforce Gender Gap appeared first on Indeed Hiring Lab.

Working with stale data, the FOMC kept its target rate unchanged. Where they’ll go from here is highly uncertain. The post March 2026 FOMC Reaction: Hold On to Your Hats appeared first on Indeed Hiring Lab.

The post-pandemic inflation surge eroded the purchasing power of posted wages across major economies. Advertised wages have now caught up in some countries, but not all, and the speed at which wages typically adjust from country to country might help understand why. The post Advertised Wage Growth Has Still Not

While job openings increased slightly in January 2026, the quits rate remains stubbornly low in this “low-hire/low-fire” job market. The post January 2026 JOLTS Report: Waiting to Exhale appeared first on Indeed Hiring Lab.

Healthcare, the primary sector holding up payrolls, went negative in February. The post February 2026 Jobs Report: An Overwhelmingly Disappointing Report appeared first on Indeed Hiring Lab.

Why the healthcare and social assistance subsector alone can’t cure an ailing labor market. The post We Can’t All Be Nurses appeared first on Indeed Hiring Lab.

Signing bonus offers have declined alongside wage growth and hiring activity, but remain well above pre-pandemic norms — especially in healthcare. The post Healthcare Hiring Keeps Signing Bonuses Alive in a Cooling Labor Market appeared first on Indeed Hiring Lab.

Using the latest Indeed data, these short research briefs track employment trends in five industry verticals over the fourth quarter of 2025. The post US Labor Market Quarterly Verticals for Q4 2025 appeared first on Indeed Hiring Lab.

Even as seasonal hiring demand subdues, job seekers continue to show renewed enthusiasm in their job search in the new year. The post February 2026 US Labor Market Update: New Year, Same Resolutions appeared first on Indeed Hiring Lab.