As of November 2025, there were 7.15 million open jobs in the United States, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS). The job openings rate was 4.3 percent, with significant vacancies remaining in sectors such as accommodation and food services, and transportation, warehousing, and utilities. The number of openings fell from October 2025, when there were 7.67 million, indicating a downward trend in labor demand.
There were 403,000 manufacturing job openings in November 2025. There were 403,000 manufacturing job openings in November, down from 414,000 in October. Durable goods job openings stayed the same in November at 274,000, while nondurable goods job openings fell by 11,000 to 129,000.
From a survey, the "toughest job in America" is firefighter, followed by construction worker, armed forces, doctor, and police officer. What do you think is a tough job, and why? Stacey Ann Wing thank you for feeding America. Dairy Farmers, 24/7 365 no matter what!
One job sector stood above the rest as the "unhappiest" in America. Results pointed to those working in pharmacies as having the worst Net Happiness Score, with just 13.94 percent of pharmacy workers giving a positive assessment.
The 70-30 hiring rule is straightforward: hire candidates who meet 70% of the job requirements. The remaining 30% consists of skills or traits that can be developed after hiring through onboarding, mentoring, or on-the-job training.
Recent research shows that members of the Baby Boomer generation have worse health than previous generations did at the same ages—diabetes, heart disease and other chronic illnesses are more common.
Add them to the roughly 7 million who are officially unemployed and the total num- ber of jobless is 109 million -- 40% of adults. 3 Of the 164 million who do have jobs, 27 million work only part-time or seasonally.
Basic Info. US Quits Rate: Total Nonfarm is at 2.00%, compared to 1.90% last month and 1.90% last year. This is lower than the long term average of 2.01%.
Labor force participation has increased over the past five years, but overall labor force participation rates are lower than before the COVID-19 pandemic. Despite perceptions that there aren't enough jobs because of layoffs and hiring slowdowns, these numbers show that, while shrinking, the labor gap persists.
In 2025, more than 1.1 million Americans were laid off from their jobs, the most since the 2020 COVID pandemic. The layoffs were in numerous industries, by companies of all sizes, even as corporate profits remain high.
Are there more unemployed than job openings in the US?
The drop marks the first time unemployed Americans have outnumbered available jobs since 2021. There are currently 7.24 million jobseekers and 7.18 million open positions.
Jeff Bezos' 70% rule is a decision-making framework suggesting that most decisions should be made with about 70% of the information you wish you had, because waiting for 90% or more often leads to being too slow and missing opportunities; the core idea is to balance the trade-off between speed and perfect accuracy, especially for reversible "two-way door" decisions, where acting quickly with partial information and correcting course as needed is better than inaction.
I now emphasize competence, character, and chemistry in my hiring process. Competence ensures that the person can do the job. Character ensures they will do it in a way that aligns with our values. Chemistry ensures that they will do it well with others, especially those in our team.
Key Takeaways. A new report claims 27.4% of all U.S. job listings on LinkedIn are likely “ghost jobs” that don't exist. New York, Los Angeles, and Philadelphia had the most ghost job listings, while Seattle and Boston had the least. According to the report, the U.S. has the most ghost jobs of all other countries.
The 💦 (Sweat Droplets) emoji in text has multiple meanings, ranging from literal water, sweat, or rain to slang for sexual fluids, "drip" (style), or feeling overwhelmed/nervous, often depending on the context and accompanying emojis like 🍆 (eggplant) for sexual connotations or 👅 (tongue) for mouth-watering. It can literally mean something is wet (pool, rain) or someone is sweating from heat or anxiety, but also represents liquid in a suggestive way.
That symbol (🎀) is called a Ribbon Emoji, often representing gifts, something special, cute, or pretty, and is used for holidays or baby girls, but it's also part of the broader concept of awareness ribbons used to support causes like breast cancer (pink ribbon) or AIDS (red ribbon).
Which “boring” jobs are being revived by Gen-Z? No offense at all to the accountants in the room, but when I saw a headline indicating that Gen Z is reviving “boring” jobs, my head went straight to accounting. Sure enough, that's the job Gen-Zers are eyeing the most.
