Nic Gustafson
The U.S. job market continues to cool as our economy continues to transition (and brace itself). For the second month in a row, LinkUp data reveals job listings on company websites were down, with overall listings dropping 4.2% in May. …
It’s been a few months since we’ve provided commentary around the broader economy generally and inflation in particular, but these issues, combined with our permanent focus on the job market, continue to be justifiably obsessed about as everyone tries to …
Nic Gustafson
Over the past few weeks, there have been several notable hiring freezes and layoffs announced at publicly traded companies. Big brand names like Carvana, Facebook, and Twitter, are making big hiring changes. Recent macro events, including increasing interest rates, inflation, …
A month of decline After the four previous months of slow, yet steady job listings growth, April jobs data shows employers are removing job postings and putting a pause on recruitment. With the uncertainty in the economy and increased interest …
Siying Liu
Last week, employers added 524k job postings and deleted 584k job postings, resulting in a total job count of roughly 4.6M, down 1.2% from two weeks ago. The states with the most unique active jobs last week: California (489K), Texas …
One of the stranger aspects of now-casting predictive job market data occurs when there are differing narratives in a given moment between backward-looking, survey-based, publicly reported government jobs data and our forward-looking labor demand data sourced directly from company websites. …
Pay transparency laws have become an increasingly popular tool to battle pay discrimination like the gender pay gap. Colorado implemented a policy requiring disclosure of salary ranges in job postings under the “Equal Pay for Equal Work” Act on January …
Nic Gustafson
In the Q1 2022 edition of our quarterly Economic Indicators Report, we see accelerating job listing growth, growth across all industries, and increased job duration. Overall active job listings in Q1 were up 3.7% compared to Q4. In Q1, duration …
Nic Gustafson
With more job listings across the majority of areas, occupations, and industries last month, the first quarter of 2022 in the U.S. ended on a green note. Active job listings grew by 3.7% in March, a higher rate of growth …
Brenda Dahlheimer
Always, almost annoyingly, in the spotlight, yet undeniably holding our interest — FANG, FAANG, FANGMA, FANGMAT companies. And of course their associated stocks: highly priced, some say overvalued, dominating, and also surrounded by speculation. Right now, FANGMAT = Facebook, Amazon, …
