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The job market is changing faster than most people realize. Headlines are noisy, data is often misunderstood, and bad advice spreads quickly. Cornering the Job Market cuts through the confusion with clear, data-backed insights on what is actually happening in hiring, work, careers, and the labor market now, and in the future.
Hosted by Pete Newsome, founder of one of America's top staffing and recruiting firms, this podcast breaks down the labor market from both sides of the table. Job seekers learn how employers are really making decisions. Hiring leaders and executives gain perspective on talent supply, candidate behavior, and where the market is heading next.
Each episode translates complex labor data into plain English and connects the dots between hiring trends, economic signals, AI adoption, wages, layoffs, and workforce strategy. The focus is not hype or fear; with context, clarity, and practical takeaways you can use immediately.
What you will hear on the show
- Weekly breakdowns of the U.S. job market using trusted data sources
- What hiring numbers actually mean for real people and real companies
- How AI is reshaping jobs, hiring, and career paths
- Why some roles stay in demand even during slowdowns
- What employers are prioritizing and what candidates often miss
- Honest conversations about layoffs, wage pressure, job hopping, and stability
- Tactical advice for job seekers at every career stage
- Strategic insight for HR leaders, hiring managers, and executives
Who this podcast is for
- Professionals navigating a competitive or uncertain job market
- Early and mid-career workers trying to future-proof their careers
- HR leaders and talent acquisition teams
- Hiring managers and executives making workforce decisions
- Anyone who wants clear, credible insight into where work is headed
Why Cornering the Job Market is different
This show is built on real hiring experience, not theory. The insights come from thousands of real job searches, real placements, and real conversations with employers and candidates across industries like IT, finance, healthcare, marketing, HR, and engineering.
The goal is simple. Help you understand the job market well enough to make better decisions, whether you are hiring, job searching, or planning your next move.
New episodes
New episodes drop regularly with timely commentary on breaking labor market news, hiring trends, and workplace shifts. Subscribe so you do not miss an update, especially when the market changes quickly.
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Is AI coming for your job, or can it actually make you more valuable? In this video, host Pete Newsome breaks down new survey data from Axios showing why many lower-wage and early-career workers feel exposed as AI moves from helper to doer. He explains what today’s AI tools can already handle, from organizing projects to updating spreadsheets, and how that shift is quietly changing everyday work. Pete also zooms out to the bigger picture. U.S. News & World Report’s best jobs for 2026 poin...
Disruption may be cooling globally, but in the U.S., it’s accelerating, and AI is at the center of it. In today’s video, host Pete Newsome breaks down new data showing why most executives are optimistic about AI’s productivity gains while still expecting AI-driven layoffs in the years ahead. That tension is reshaping how companies think about headcount, output, and career paths right now. Pete also unpacks fresh ZipRecruiter data on new hires that explains why job searches are moving faster. ...
AI headlines are loud, but the real question is how jobs, wages, and hiring change next. In today’s video, host Pete Newsome breaks down the biggest job market stories shaping the future of work, starting with the World Economic Forum’s four futures for jobs by 2030. Instead of one prediction, the data shows four paths driven by two forces: how fast AI advances and how ready the workforce is to adapt. He also unpacks Forrester’s latest analysis on AI and job loss, which shows AI reshapes work...
Still applying and hearing nothing back? Today’s job market headlines explain why. In this video, host Pete Newsome breaks down the biggest job market stories shaping 2026 and what they actually mean for job seekers and employers right now. Pete starts with Monster’s 2026 Job Market Outlook, which shows a selective hiring market, not a frozen one. Demand is rising for healthcare, behavioral health, skilled trades, logistics, and other hands-on, hard-to-automate roles, while office support, ed...
A soft landing doesn’t look like a victory lap; it looks like a tug-of-war. December added 50,000 jobs versus a 70,000 forecast, unemployment ticked down to 4.4, yet long-term joblessness and involuntary part-time work continue to weigh on households and hiring plans. Host Pete Newsome breaks down why the trend matters more than the miss, and how slower growth in 2025 stacks up against a much stronger 2024. Beneath the headline rate, friction is building: more workers stuck unemployed for 27 ...
Hiring looked better in December, but don’t let the headlines fool you. Layoffs eased, and jobs ticked up, yet the labor market is still stuck in neutral. Fewer job postings, softer starting pay, and cautious employer demand signal a slowdown beneath the surface. Host Pete Newsome unpacks why 2025 delivered historic layoffs, why the government led the cuts, and why policy, not AI, was the real driver behind most downsizing. He also breaks down the signals that matter most right now: ini...
The headlines say hiring is back, but the data tells a more cautious story. December job numbers show a labor market that’s still moving, just not accelerating. ADP points to modest hiring gains, while the latest JOLTS report confirms fewer job openings and steady quits. Translation: the market isn’t collapsing, but momentum is fragile, especially in white-collar and discretionary roles. In today's Breaking Job News, host Pete Newsome breaks down what’s actually holding firm right now. Educat...
The headlines say the job market is fragile. The data explains why. Host Pete Newsome breaks down fresh 2026 labor market reports from ZipRecruiter, Monster, and Paychex to reveal what’s really happening with hiring, wages, and workforce confidence. Hiring is improving modestly, but wage growth is trailing inflation, workers are choosing stability over job hopping, and small businesses are holding headcount steady while stretching existing teams further. This episode unpacks the forces shapi...
Hiring in 2026 is off to a rough start. Entry-level jobs still demand experience, ghost postings keep candidates in limbo, and AI is widening the gap between workers moving faster and those getting left behind. In this episode of Breaking Job News, host Pete Newsome breaks down fresh data from Forbes, Indeed’s Hiring Lab, and UKG to explain what’s actually happening in the job market and what to do about it. He covers why entry-level hiring remains broken, how AI adoption is splitting the wor...
What will the labor market actually look like in 2026? We break down 10 trends reshaping jobs, pay, and hiring. From agentic AI running multi-step workflows to hybrid work settling in as the default, we show what’s changing, what’s sticking, and where the real career upside is. AI is no longer just a tool. It’s starting to act like a teammate, connecting tasks into outcomes across recruiting, operations, and customer work. That shift comes with trade-offs: fewer entry-level white-collar roles...
AI may not be killing jobs (yet), but it is changing who gets hired. While headlines focus on disruption, the real labor-market story is subtler: hiring has slowed, productivity is rising, and AI is quietly reshaping how work actually gets done. In this episode of Breaking Job News, host Pete Newsome breaks down Vanguard’s 2026 economic outlook and the latest CompTIA Tech Jobs Report to explain what’s really happening in the job market. You’ll learn why unemployment is expected to stabilize, ...
The labor market looks fine, but the data underlying it tell a more complicated story. In today's job headlines, host Pete Newsome breaks down the November jobs report and what it really means for hiring, employees, and workplace strategy right now. Payroll growth was modest, unemployment ticked up to 4.6%, and short-term unemployment jumped, often an early warning sign of disruption. The biggest red flag? A sharp rise in involuntary part-time work reveals that many employers are cutting hour...
The headlines say the labor market is “fine.” Your inbox, calendar, and workload probably disagree. In today’s Breaking Job News, host Pete Newsome cuts through the noise to unpack what’s actually happening at work, from AI adoption accelerating faster than leadership can manage it, to the next phase of the Great Stay reshaping how opportunity shows up. New Gallup data shows 45% of U.S. workers now use AI at work, yet nearly one in four don’t even know their company’s AI strategy. That awaren...
The job market is sending mixed signals; hiring is inching forward while AI is accelerating fast enough to reshape entire industries. In today's Breaking Job News, host Pete Newsome breaks down new ManpowerGroup data showing a +27% U.S. hiring outlook for Q1 2026. Growth is slower and more selective, with finance, insurance, and mid-sized employers driving most of the momentum. From there, Pete dives into the most unmistakable evidence yet of AI’s impact on staffing. Major banks, such as JPMo...
The headlines say the job market is “cooling,” but the real story is far more revealing. Behind the flat JOLTS numbers, steady openings, steady hires, and another drop in quits, is a labor market that has stopped accelerating and started stabilizing. Workers are switching jobs less, competing offers are thinning, and employers are quietly regaining leverage. Host Pete Newsome breaks down what this shift means for pay and power, and how both candidates and hiring managers should adjust their s...
HR’s biggest watchdog just failed its own audit, and the fallout is a warning shot for every employer. Host Pete Newsome breaks down the $11.5M discrimination and retaliation verdict against SHRM, how a single conflict of interest unraveled their investigation, and what true independence and accountability should look like inside any HR process. Then he zooms out to the labor market signals shaping 2026. Fresh Upwork data and more than a million U.S. job postings reveal significant month-over...
What if the 2026 job market isn’t what anyone expects? New survey data shows workers prioritizing pay, job security, and work-life balance over every office perk, and feeling more underpaid and uncertain than ever. Host Pete Newsome breaks down what’s rising, what’s slipping, and how shifting worker expectations are reshaping hiring. Pete also cuts through the noise on small business hiring struggles. Instead of blaming a “talent shortage,” he digs into the real issues, outdated job ads, slow...
The job market is sending mixed signals, record-low unemployment claims on one hand, nonstop layoff posts on your feed on the other. What’s really going on? In this episode, host Pete Newsome breaks down the contradiction and uncover the forces reshaping work in real time. He explains why jobless claims just hit a two-year low, even as several states report layoffs across construction, retail, manufacturing, warehousing, and professional services. Pete also digs into why planned hiring ...
The biggest shift in today’s job market isn’t happening in tech; it’s happening in the everyday tasks no one talks about. MIT’s new Project Iceberg shows that while coding and engineering get the AI spotlight, the real exposure is buried in admin, finance, and professional services. That hidden layer is 5× larger, and it’s already reshaping careers: early-career employment in exposed roles is down 13%, and AI task fluency is quickly becoming the new baseline for advancement. Host Pete Newsome...
Hiring slows, holiday roles stall, and the data tells a more complicated story than the headlines. Host Pete Newsome unpacks fresh numbers from ADP and The Conference Board to explain why the labor market feels soft even as certain indicators flicker up. Then he zooms in on the most underreported shift: the gig economy’s short-term dip amid a long-term rise, fueled not by students or side hustlers but by seasoned pros. Older, highly skilled workers are choosing independent contracts for flexi...
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