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11/13/2026

Part-Time Holiday Jobs Hit 49% of Ads: What to Ask in 2026

Scroll through holiday job listings in November 2026 and something has shifted. The word seasonal is showing up less. Part-time is showing up more. That swap is not cosmetic: it changes how long your job lasts, how many hours land on your ...

11/11/2026

7 min

Christmas and holiday messages for colleagues, managers and the team: examples you can copy

In most American workplaces, the end-of-year greeting travels by several routes at once: a card left on a desk, a line at the bottom of your last email before you set the auto-reply, a quick Slack message, or a text to the colleague you actually ...

11/10/2026

6 min

BLS October data: 165,000 jobs hide a two-tier pay squeeze

The Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) reported on 6 November 2026 that the US economy added 165,000 nonfarm payroll jobs in October, beating forecasts by a comfortable margin. If that number made you feel better about your job search or your ...

11/05/2026

8 min

US job openings jump to 7.52 million as layoffs hit 18-month low

Two numbers from the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) September Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey (JOLTS), released on November 3, 2026, tell a story that does not fit neatly into either an optimistic or pessimistic frame. Total quits ...

11/03/2026

6 min

AI layoffs backfire as firms rehire boomerang employees

In May 2026, employers named AI as the primary reason for almost 40% of announced job cuts , according to outplacement firm Challenger, Gray & Christmas. Six months on, a measurable share of those decisions is reversing. For CHROs and People & ...

11/03/2026

6 min

DOL's 194,000 claims signal: frozen hiring, not an open market

The Department of Labor's weekly report, published October 29, put initial jobless claims at 194,000 - the lowest reading since mid-July and the seventh consecutive week at or below 200,000. If you are currently employed, that is genuinely good ...

11/03/2026

8 min

USCIS deference rollback turns every H-1B renewal into a fresh eligibility test

If you have held an H-1B visa for nine years, renewed your status three or four times, and built a career on the assumption that an unchanged situation carries forward the last approval, that assumption is now formally under threat. The US ...

11/03/2026

8 min

16 states lift pay floors on January 1: a multi-state HR compliance brief

The Economic Policy Institute's Minimum Wage Tracker counts 16 states set to raise their wage floors on January 1, 2027, while 20 states, including North Carolina, will remain at the federal floor of $7.25 an hour - a rate the Fair Labor ...

10/28/2026

9 min

Public Holidays in the United States 2027: Official Dates and Long Weekends

The 2027 federal holiday calendar delivers a small but real bonus for workers on a standard Monday-to-Friday schedule. The U.S. Office of Personnel Management (OPM), which publishes the official federal holiday schedule under 5 U.S.C. 6103, ...

10/27/2026

12 min

FLSA floor stays at $7.25 while 15 states raise pay in 2027

Starting January 1, 2027, at least 15 states raise their minimum wage, while the federal floor holds at $7.25 an hour , a rate that has not moved since July 24, 2009. Washington sets the highest statewide rate at $17.73 , up 3.5%, followed by ...

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