Section archive
Tag: Healthcare
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2026 Labor Market Outlook — Where Jobs Will Be Created
As 2026 begins, labor market forecasters are projecting a year of net job growth that outpaces the previous year but shows a different distribution across sectors than the post-pandemic recovery. The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics’ Occupational Employment and Wage Projections for…
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Holiday Season Staffing Report — Shortages and Solutions
The 2025 holiday staffing season is shaping up to be the most challenging and data-driven period in recent memory. Retailers, healthcare systems, and hospitality operators are facing a perfect storm of labor shortages, elevated wage expectations, and changing workforce preferences — but…
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Holiday Season Workforce Planning — Retail, Healthcare, Logistics
The holiday workforce is the single largest annual labor event in the U.S. economy. Between October and January, retailers add approximately 900,000 seasonal workers, logistics and warehousing firms add 400,000, and healthcare systems increase staffing by 120,000 through a combination of seasonal…
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Q4 Layoff Watch — Which Sectors Are Still Reducing Headcount
The fourth quarter of 2025 tells a story of diverging labor trajectories across the U.S. economy. While overall unemployment held near 4.0% through October and November, the composition of workforce reductions revealed a landscape far from uniform. The technology sector continued its…