by Sarah Overmyer
on May 14, 2020
Last week, the U.S. received a shock when the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) released the monthly jobs report: Within a month, the unemployment rate had jumped by more than 10%, from 4.4% in March to 14.7% in April.
April’s unemployment rate was the highest on record since the BLS started publishing the statistic in 1948. Economists are still …
by Sarah Overmyer
on April 30, 2020
It can be hard to digest the current state of the world and economy because things have changed so quickly. Just a little more than a month ago, life and work still felt normal — complete with commutes, dinners out and birthday parties.
Compared with our old sense of normalcy, the current times can feel scary. Unemployment claims have reached …
by Sarah Overmyer
on April 17, 2020
On March 19, California did something that even weeks prior would have seemed out of a science fiction novel: it ordered all of the state’s nearly 40 million residents to shelter in place. As the coronavirus spread, residents were told to leave their homes only for necessities like groceries and walks for exercise, and to maintain a 6-foot distance from …
by Sarah Overmyer
on April 7, 2020
As news related to the coronavirus changes rapidly, we’re bringing you a roundup of some of the research coming out of Indeed’s Hiring Lab — the team of economists and researchers at Indeed reporting on the global labor market.
We’ll stay up to date as things continue to change and bring you the important information you need to stay informed.…
by Sarah Overmyer
on April 1, 2020
As the coronavirus has spread, work has changed for many people. Prior to the outbreak, 29% of employees had the option to work from home. But in an ever-growing number of cities and states, quarantine restrictions mean that only “essential workers,” such as health care personnel and grocery store employees, can leave their homes to perform their jobs.
This leaves …
by Sarah Overmyer
on January 13, 2020
Stereotypes around tech often include images of vast futuristic campuses filled with scooters where employees can bring their dogs to work and take naps in sleep pods. But the truth is the tech labor market is more complex than that. Software engineers don’t just work at Apple and Google — they work at banks, transportation companies and food distributors too.…