The national unemployment rate is 4.3%, but it's higher for recent college graduates, 5.7%. The underemployment rate for new college grads is shockingly high, at 42.5% in the fourth quarter of 2025.

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Employers added 22,000 new jobs in August. For those paying attention, this is substantially below what had been forecast. The jobs report was released early Friday morning, and it indicated a rising ...

This is a bizarre market where bad news is good news. A negative jobs print gave the Fed cover, and I still see a terminal rate through September. The headline was minus 23,000 jobs with 40,000 ...

Gen X may have once been called slackers by their Silent Generation and baby boomer grandparents and parents, but once they entered the workforce, they hit the ground running. Now that many of their ...

Inflation has steadied and interest rates are finally coming down. But for many Australians, especially those in low-paid, insecure or precarious work, the cost-of-living crisis feels far from over.

Cracks are emerging in both the housing and jobs markets, threatening to trigger a broader economic downturn if momentum shifts worsen. Housing prices are unsustainably high relative to incomes, and ...

Sarah felt trapped. After months of searching, she'd landed what she thought was a dream job — but the reality, she discovered just a month in, was a nightmare. Her team was stretched too thin. Her ...

First jobs are rarely dream jobs—but they do often have a lasting impact. Is it ever okay to quit a bad job dramatically? While leaving a job on good terms is ideal, there are some epic tales of ...