Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Jessi Streib is a sociology professor at Duke University. When he was a college student, Owen messaged over a hundred people to ...

Source: Photo by Yasmina H on Unsplash The threats of job cuts and layoffs have been looming for a while. We spent most of the past year hearing that the U.S. was headed toward a recession, dealing ...

Find your next job quickly with these nine proven strategies, from networking to job boards, to boost your career and income.

Getting hired in your 50s, 60s or 70s isn't easy. Roughly one in five job seekers age 55 and older is long-term unemployed - looking for work for at least six months. The number of long-term job ...

Entering 2025, underlying the calm surface of the U.S. labor market were currents of anxiety, dissatisfaction, and stagnation. Companies were taking longer to fill open roles, and a growing numbers of ...

In a struggling job market where the scant job opportunities that do get posted use dubious AI tools to screen applicants, networking has become perhaps the only viable path to a job. Some desperate ...