Long-term job seekers say they're lowering their expectations, taking on gig work and reconsidering what to do with their ...

It now takes more than 23 weeks on average for an unemployed person in the US to find a new job. For 1 in 4 unemployed people, or 1.8 million Americans, they are still job hunting six months later.

Long-term unemployment is rising. Learn how to reposition your career, generate income, and stay relevant in today’s changing job market.

Long-term unemployment fell for the second straight month in May, an encouraging shift away from the recent near-record levels fueled by the economic carnage of the Covid pandemic. Economists classify ...

Understanding this chart: I'm tracking the growth in unemployment by DURATION with the shortest-term unemployed in orange at the bottom, and the long-term unemployed in blue at the top. I've indexed ...

While the unemployment rate seems stable, the number of people who've been out of work for six months or more has been ticking up.

Largely lost in last week’s disappointing September jobs report is the fact that the number of long-term unemployed Americans continues to decline — a good sign for those who want to return to work ...