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Seasonal Job Searches vs Openings 2025 | What Holiday Hiring 2025 Looks Like

Interest in seasonal work is climbing fast, but available roles aren’t keeping up.

As of September, searches for holiday jobs are 27% higher than 2024 and 50% above 2023 levels, while seasonal job postings have increased by just 2.7%. This growing mismatch is setting the stage for one of the most competitive holiday hiring seasons in recent years.

Retail continues to dominate seasonal hiring, accounting for 63% of available roles. At the same time, only 2.1% of postings are marked “urgently hiring”, a sharp drop from 10% in 2021 - signaling slower hiring momentum despite rising candidate interest.

For hiring teams, this means managing larger applicant volumes with fewer openings. For job seekers, it means moving faster, preparing smarter, and standing out earlier in the process.

This visual breakdown highlights the widening gap between seasonal job searches and openings in 2025 - and what it means for both recruiters and candidates heading into the holiday rush.

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🌐 Remote Work in 2025: It’s No Longer Just a Perk

Once considered a nice-to-have, remote work is now a core part of workforce strategy. We dove into global labor market data and uncovered how remote and hybrid roles are transforming hiring, compensation, and the global talent landscape.

What did we find?

📍 IT, Healthcare, and Staffing industries are leading the charge in remote job postings. 📍 Remote roles now stretch across borders—global teams are the new norm. 📍 Salaries for remote jobs show huge disparities depending on industry and location. 📍 Traditional sectors like retail and healthcare still lean heavily toward in-office roles.

And yet, remote work isn’t replacing the office—it’s redefining where and how work gets done.

Inside the full insight: • Industry-wise breakdown of remote vs. office hiring • Median salaries for remote roles in 2025 • Global compensation strategies • How enterprises are redesigning workforce models for flexibility

🚀 Want real-time data on job trends, in-demand skills, and salary benchmarks for remote talent? Read the full report here: https://bit.ly/4kkiDeM

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According to a recent news article, the number of initial jobless claims in the United States has decreased slightly. In the week ending November 9th, 217,000 people filed for unemployment benefits, which is lower than the expected 218,000. This represents a decrease of 1,000 from the previous week’s revised level. This is the lowest level […]

Jobless Claims Drop, But Labor Market Still Faces Challenges #continuingclaims #initialclaims #Joblessclaims #labormarkettrends #unemploymentbenefits

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Coronavirus Recovery Tracker – July 2020

6 Key Indicators for Understanding the Post-COVID-19 Economy The 2020 coronavirus pandemic caused unprecedented disruption in the U.S. labor market. Below are six key indicators, which capture aspects of the economic fallout. Stay informed with ZipRecruiter as we update these indicators in real time and track the post-COVID-19 economic recovery. As of July 2020, the latest data available suggest that the economy has improved considerably since the depths of the crisis in April, but still has a very long way to go.    1. Payroll Employment  Still 9.6% below pre-crisis level There were 152.5 million workers on U.S. nonfarm payrolls in February, 2020. By April, 2020, payroll employment had fallen 14.5% to 130.3 million. The economy has since regained 33.8% of the losses, but the total number of payroll jobs is still 9.6% lower than its pre-crisis level.  2. The Unemployment Rate Still 7.6 percentage points above pre-crisis level Since the labor force tends to grow each year, the unemployment rate takes longer to recover than the overall number of employees. The unemployment rate skyrocketed to 14.7% in April from a low of 3.5% in February. It has steadily recovered, but at 11.1% in June, it is still higher than at any point since the Great Depression.  3. Job Openings Still 23% below pre-crisis level The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics defines job openings as all positions that are open on the last business day of the month. Read the full article

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3 Phases of the COVID-19 Recession

The coronavirus pandemic has led to job losses that are orders of magnitude deeper, broader, and more rapid than the United States has ever experienced before. The losses have occurred in waves, affecting different industries at different times.  We can think of the recession as having taken place in three phases.   1. Temporary Layoffs in Face-to-Face Service Industries  Initially, the pandemic forced restaurants, theaters, hotels, gyms, clothing stores, salons, and dentists’ offices to close and place workers on temporary layoff. Between February and April, the number of Americans classified as employed fell 16.0% from 158.8 million to 133.4 million. Younger workers under age 25 (-31.3%) and Hispanics (-20.9%), who are heavily overrepresented in the restaurant industry, saw the largest declines. The least-educated workers, whose jobs were least amenable to remote work, were also disproportionately affected. (Employment declined “only” 6.2% for college graduates, but 26.0% for high school dropouts.)  But as temporary lockdowns were extended again and again, many service sector businesses realized they would not recover, and temporary layoffs became permanent. Household-name brands filed for bankruptcy or announced store closures—among them  J.C. Penney, Neiman Marcus, J.Crew, CMX Cinemas, Gold’s Gym, 24 Hour Fitness, Hertz, and Chuck E. Cheese. The restaurant industry prepared for permanent closures of up to 200,000 locations. 2. Read the full article

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4 Ways to Help the Labor Market Recover from COVID-19

This past weekend marked 100 days since the president declared the COVID-19 pandemic a national emergency. In those 100 days, the prior 10 years of job gains were erased, and 45.7 million people (more than one in every four workers) sought unemployment benefits.  Usually, after unemployment peaks in recessions, it only recovers very slowly. An exceptionally rapid, deep, and broad employment crisis such as this one should prompt businesses, policy makers, academics, and civil society organizations to focus on one question: How do we get Americans back to work safely again, and more quickly than ever before?  Here are some ideas worth exploring:  1. Restructuring Unemployment Insurance (UI) UI needs to be restructured to encourage re-employment, not punish it. Re-employment bonuses could accelerate the return of UI recipients to work, and partial benefits for people who accept part-time or temporary jobs, gig work, or internships could help people find stepping stones to permanent positions. Partial UI payments that support workers while they start a small business could also encourage entrepreneurship.  As a first step, it may soon be time to reinstate the requirement that UI recipients search for work. The CARES Act removed that condition and workers’ recall expectations removed the impulse to proactively seek employment. But past research suggests that many temporarily laid off workers who initially expect to be recalled never are. Read the full article

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4 Ways to Help the Labor Market Recover from COVID-19

This past weekend marked 100 days since the president declared the COVID-19 pandemic a national emergency. In those 100 days, the prior 10 years of job gains were erased, and 45.7 million people (more than one in every four workers) sought unemployment benefits.  Usually, after unemployment peaks in recessions, it only recovers very slowly. An exceptionally rapid, deep, and broad employment crisis such as this one should prompt businesses, policy makers, academics, and civil society organizations to focus on one question: How do we get Americans back to work safely again, and more quickly than ever before?  Here are some ideas worth exploring:  1. Restructuring Unemployment Insurance (UI) UI needs to be restructured to encourage re-employment, not punish it. Re-employment bonuses could accelerate the return of UI recipients to work, and partial benefits for people who accept part-time or temporary jobs, gig work, or internships could help people find stepping stones to permanent positions. Partial UI payments that support workers while they start a small business could also encourage entrepreneurship.  As a first step, it may soon be time to reinstate the requirement that UI recipients search for work. The CARES Act removed that condition and workers’ recall expectations removed the impulse to proactively seek employment. But past research suggests that many temporarily laid off workers who initially expect to be recalled never are. Read the full article