Job Market Insights
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This Week in Jobs Data: The Great Starter Job Dieout
Sep. 25, 2025
We're documenting the Great Starter Job Dieout as AI reshapes the workforce. OpenAI and Anthropic staff up for enterprise domination, Liberation Day's hiring stalls across major American manufacturers, and Oracle's cloud pivot triggers a dramatic resource reshuffling. Also, Novo Nordisk month-long layoffs signal.
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LinkUp Forecast: August JOLTS report by the BLS
Sep. 10, 2025
The BLS recently reported 7.18 million job openings in their July JOLTS report. Read on for our advanced look at August numbers.
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August 2025 Jobs Recap: Stalling Labor Demand
Sep. 09, 2025
While newly created jobs increased by 3.3%, the overall labor market is dragging. Our data for August marks a continued signal of slowing growth, after this month’s BLS jobs report raised economists’ hackles about the overall health of the economy.
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Q2 2025 Economic Indicator Report
Aug. 07, 2025
In Q2 2025, active job listings fell by 1.4%, signaling a cautious labor market influenced by policy uncertainty and trade tensions. Despite a slight dip in unemployment to 4.1%, hiring strategies have shifted towards efficiency and selective growth.
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Job reports
Gain insight into noteworthy changes in the U.S. labor market, including analysis by geography, sector, and skills — as well as what’s driving these changes and what it means for the economy.
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Monthly Jobs Recap
This monthly recap delves into noteworthy changes in the U.S. labor market and economy, as well as the societal factors that may be driving those changes.
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Economic Indicator Report
LinkUp's quarterly Economic Indicators Report includes valuable analysis of changes in the job market and shares our insights on labor demand throughout the U.S.
Live data & Forecasts
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JOLTS Forecast
Monthly insights drawn from LinkUp job market data, forecasting the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) monthly job openings which are included in the Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey (JOLTS) report.
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LinkUp NFP Forecast
Our monthly nonfarm payroll (NFP) forecast is based on total U.S. job vacancies and provides insight into anticipated growth or decline in labor demand.
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LinkUp 10,000
An analytic published daily and monthly captures the sum total of U.S. job openings from the top 10,000 global employers in LinkUp’s job search engine.
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