The August Jobs Report Is In. Here’s What It Tells Us About the Fall Hiring Market
A couple of weeks ago, I wrote about whether we would actually see the traditional “September Surge” in hiring this year. Now we have another important piece of the puzzle: the August jobs report. The U.S. added 162,000 jobs in August, significantly stronger than expected. The unemployment rate held steady at 4.1%, and June and July were revised […]
September Surge or September Bump?
Here’s What the Data Says. Every year around this time, we start hearing about the “September Surge.” Summer vacations end. Leaders are back in the office. Budgets get revisited. And suddenly there are only four productive hiring months left in the year. So, are we actually going to see a September hiring surge in 2026? […]