Scroll any job board right now and you’ll see a weird split: a lot of industries are clearly cooling off… but healthcare? Still packed with openings. While many employers are tapping the brakes on hiring, health systems, clinics, and care providers keep posting roles and struggling to fill them. The Scripps News piece on the current health care hiring boom puts numbers and stories to what recruiters and candidates have been feeling for a while: healthcare is playing by a different set of...

If you feel like every other industry is quietly tapping the brakes on hiring while healthcare keeps flooring it, you’re not imagining things. Job postings in a lot of sectors have leveled off or pulled back. Meanwhile, hospitals, clinics, and home health organizations are still scrambling to find people. From a recruiting seat, it’s one of the sharpest contrasts in today’s labor market. Tech slows. Finance trims. Manufacturing hesitates. Healthcare? Still posting, still interviewing, still...

Another Thursday, another jobless claims report. This week, initial claims dipped to 207,000. On paper, that looks boringly steady. In reality, it tells you a lot about why hiring feels so… stuck. If you’re job hunting right now, you’ve probably noticed the weird tension: jobs are posted, interviews happen, but decisions drag. If you’re hiring, you’re under pressure to "do more with less" while still finding great people. That 207,000 number is part of the story. The US labor market is steady...