KEY TAKEAWAYS:

Hiring rate hits lowest non-pandemic level since 2013.

Job seekers struggle despite low 4.3% unemployment rate.

Economic uncertainty , AI, tariffs, and shutdown slow hiring .

Layoffs surge while long-term unemployment rises and frustrates workers.

When Carly Kaprive left a job in Kansas City and moved to Chicago a year ago, she figured it would take three to six months to find a new position. After all, the 32-year old project manager had never been unemployed for longer than three months.

Instead, after 700 applications, she’s still looking, wrapped up in a frustrating and extended job hunt that is much more difficult than when she last looked for work just a couple of years ago. With uncertainty over interest rates , tariffs, immigration, and artificial intel

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