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 diff

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 inte

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

If you’re a new grad staring at a posting that says “entry-level” and then asks for two or three years of experience, you’re not imagining it. The first rung moved. Between a cooler hiring climate and the rise of AI taking on some routine junior tasks, that classic foot-in-the-door role has gotten harder to spot—and harder to land. What’s actually changing Recent reporting has surfaced what many of us in recruiting have felt for months: fewer true entry-level postings, more u

If your job hunt feels heavier this spring, you are not imagining it. Recent reporting from Fortune says many workers believe their odds of landing a role are worse now than during the pandemic. I hear the same thing on intake calls every week. People are qualified, tired, and wondering if anyone is actually hiring. What is really going on This is not a 2020-style shutdown. It is a slow, cautious market. In many industries, openings are trickling out instead of flowing. Some

If your req approval sat a little longer this week, or your second interview got pushed to “next Monday,” you’re not imagining it. The latest data shows U.S. job growth slowing and unemployment edging up to 4.4%. You can feel it in the pace of calls, the tone of negotiations, and the way teams are stacking one more round before they decide. The signal behind the slowdown We’re looking at a cooler labor market, with softer hiring across sectors and a tilt in bargaining power b