Job market · 2026-08-25
What posting age tells you about a market
Two markets can have identical vacancy counts and behave completely differently. Age is what separates them.
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Job market · 2026-08-09
Why job counts differ between sources, by a lot
Two providers report the same market and differ threefold. Usually none of them is lying.
Job market · 2026-07-27
Reading hiring momentum without fooling yourself
A 30% jump in postings usually means something changed in the pipeline, not in the economy.
Job market · 2026-07-19
Remote work: what the postings actually say
Advertised remote share is a measurement of what employers are willing to write down, which is not the same as how people work.