One laid-off tech worker’s odyssey: 5 months, 25 interviews, 100 job applications

At times, Todd Erickson’s search for a tech job felt more like an odyssey. But after five months, about 100 job applications and more than two dozen interviews with recruiters and companies — includin...

Demand for jobs drops off in January, headhunter Robert Half says

Robert Half International Inc.’s stock rallied Friday after fourth-quarter profit beat expectations, but the staffing-services company provided a mixed outlook for the current quarter as revenue from ...

‘I can no longer be an executive at a high level’: Workers with disabilities, including long COVID, are finding their place as companies become more flexible

Dana Pollard started a new job at the end of 2022, after spending three years recovering from a 2019 stroke. Pollard, 56, lives in Fort Worth, Texas, with his wife. After the stroke, he could not reco...

I joined the ‘Great Resignation’ a few months ago—here’s how it’s working out

I feel lighter after joining the Great Resignation a few months ago. I’m also overwhelmed. Businesses are urgently hiring, according to LinkedIn, Idealist, Monster and Indeed. And I’m getting phone ca...

Opinion: Which jobs have come back, and which ones haven’t

Although the recovery in output, wealth and hours worked has been remarkable since February 2020, the U.S. economy remains deeply scarred by the COVID-19 pandemic. Total hours worked in the nonfarm ec...

Inflation is raging, but these 16 companies have pricing power

Decades of deflationary forces that helped feed booming prices for U.S. stocks are over, at least for now. But some companies are countering the trend, by a combination of holding down expenses and ra...