Despite a cooling labor market and fewer job openings, nearly half of U.S. workers plan to search for new jobs in 2026 amid burnout and pay concerns.

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Kara Dennison writes about careers, leadership, and the job market. In the 2025 job market, hiring slowed as employers became more ...

Earning a Ph.D. in economics has long been a reliable path to affluence and prestige. Not anymore. By Noam Scheiber Noam Scheiber briefly attended graduate school in economics. The moment it dawned on ...

The US jobs market is almost never perfectly in balance. Even when things appear calm, there's some movement under the surface. Just take a cursory look at a chart of the national unemployment rate — ...

Hope springs eternal—except for many college graduates prepping to enter an unsteady job market rife with contradictions. Hailey Washington, a senior majoring in marketing at Drexel University in ...