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Market reporting and analysis for employers and job seekers, covering hiring conditions, workforce movement, salary expectations and talent trends.
August 2026 Job Market Update
It’s Hard to Read the Market When BLS Revisions Keep Changing the Script
The job market is becoming increasingly difficult to read. National reports continue to revise prior months downward, more than one million people have left the labor force, and overall hiring remains subdued. At the same time, job switchers are seeing 7% pay growth and demand for specialized talent is still holding firm. This month’s update looks at why the signals are diverging, what the headline numbers are missing, and what employers should be paying attention to now..
August 2026 Job Market Update
The Jobs Report Keeps Getting It Wrong After nearly a year of employment reports contradicting themselves with huge revisions the next month, July’s numbers have
Job Scams and Fake Recruiters: What Every Candidate Needs to Know
Recruiting Scams Are Getting Harder to Spot Another wave of recruiting scams is moving through LinkedIn, email, text messages and WhatsApp. The people behind them
Recruiting Firm vs. Staffing Agency: What Is the Difference?
Recruiting Firms and Staffing Agencies Solve Different Hiring Problems The terms recruiting firm and staffing agency are often used interchangeably, but they do not always
Accounting and Finance Salaries Across the United States in 2026
Accounting and Finance Salaries Across the United States (2026) Understanding accounting and finance salary expectations can help professionals evaluate job offers and career opportunities. Employers
The Hard Truth About Big-Box Recruiting Firms
What Employers Need to Know Before Choosing a Search Partner Everyone assumes that recruiting is purely a numbers game and that the bigger the firm,
Boutique Recruiting vs. Robert Half
The difference between a true search partner and a high-volume vendor. Robert Half and Boutique Recruiting are both well-established staffing firms, but we take very
July 2026 Job Market Update
The Labor Market is Becoming More Flexible For almost an entire year, each month has been like a broken record reporting on a still cautious,
June 2026 Job Market Update
A Healthy Job Market But a Hiring System That’s Acting Sick On the outside, the job market looks stronger and healthier than it has in
Why AI Can’t Access the Full Talent Market
“The best candidates usually don’t look like the best candidates online.” AI Changes Tools, Not The Truth AI may be changing the tools headhunters use
Executive Employment Agency Trends Shaping Leadership Hiring in 2026
What is Changing in Executive Hiring in 2026? The most important executive hires in 2026 will not be won by the organizations with the largest
Working Interviews Just Got Uncancelled: They’re Called Work Trials Now
Working Interviews Got a Rebrand A few years ago, our CEO got criticized on the internet for doing a working interview. The candidate took offense
May 2026 Job Market Update
Hiring is Back, But The Roles Aren’t The Same The latest national employment reports are all pointing in the same direction: hiring activity is picking