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It's taken time for Americans of all ages to return to work, but older Gen Zers are most lagging. It may all have to do with how Gen Z views a job versus a side hustle or gig work. And those answers could partially explain a question economists are puzzled over: Where have the Gen Z workers gone? While he's uncertain where the missing Gen Z workers have gone, he says childcare needs could be part of the answer. If Gen Z has embraced gig work over the corporate life, it could be among the reasons many of them say they're living paycheck to paycheck.
A new Indeed and Glassdoor report looks at long-term trends for the labor market. A new Indeed and Glassdoor report looked at long-term labor market trends. One key trend: Labor supply will remain tight, especially as the number of people who are considered working age continues to dwindle. Obviously, that takes a little while to spill over into the labor force, as the country still deals with its own labor squeeze. And, in Germany, the labor market situation is still a problem, but hasn't been as challenging over the last few years.
But big retailers might be slower to add temporary help this holiday season than in years past. Despite an eagerness for holiday work, economists from various career sites agree that seasonal hiring doesn't look so hot this year. For instance, Macy's is planning to hire fewer seasonal workers this year compared to last year, as Insider's Avery Hartmans reported. Target has a similar hiring goal as last year; it plans to hire up to 100,000 seasonal workers. Did you apply for a holiday hiring position because of economic reasons?
How the warehouse boom devoured America's workforce
  + stars: | 2022-10-19 | by ( Aki Ito | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +12 min
It all happened so fast, we never got a chance to ask the most fundamental question: Is the sudden and dramatic shift to warehouse work a good thing? Has the explosion in warehouse jobs, taken as a whole, left us better off than before? As my colleague Katherine Long outlines in her story about musculoskeletal disorders, warehouse work is dangerous. "Warehouse workers," he says, "are the assembly-line workers of contemporary capitalism." That experience has given him hope that warehouse jobs, like their assembly-line predecessors, could wind up being a source of both personal pride and economic advancement.
Several blue-collar sectors are set to be protected from layoffs, while white-collar workers are at risk. Lee added to Insider that blue-collar workers like truck drivers used to be the "most vulnerable workers" but "office workers have always been considered protected." White-collar sectors hired quickly after the pandemic, and it could leave workers vulnerable in a downturnRecessions come in all shapes and sizes. Blue-collar jobs are still in demand and need more workersSeveral blue-collar sectors have only just recently recovered or are still making their way back. But not all blue-collar jobs will experience layoffs in the same way.
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