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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Everything we have written about labour market: what the data shows, where the common readings go wrong, and what we can and cannot measure.
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For job seekers · 2026-08-07
What ghost jobs are, and what the research actually says
The number everyone quotes is 20%. Here is where it comes from, what it measures, and why the other estimates disagree.
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.