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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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Two data points just dropped that seem to contradict each other, and host Pete Newsome breaks down what's actually going on behind both of them. Glassdoor just recorded the largest year over year confidence decline it has ever measured in any industry, and it happened in tech. At the same time, ADP's weekly hiring data shows three consecutive weeks of improvement and the biggest single week of private sector job growth in all of 2026. Pete explains why both can be true simultaneously and what...
LinkedIn detected 83 million fake profiles and 117 million scam incidents in just the first half of 2025. Job scam losses have increased fivefold since 2020 to more than $500 million annually. In today's episode, host Pete Newsome breaks down how these scams work, who they target most, and the specific red flags every job seeker needs to know. He also covers Boston Consulting Group's latest AI workforce analysis, which projects 50 to 55% of US jobs will be reshaped by AI within two to three y...
The March BLS jobs report headline looks decent. The reality underneath it doesn't. In today's episode, host Pete Newsome breaks down what the mainstream coverage will gloss over: a shrinking labor force, surging discouraged workers, falling hours, and a February revision that turned an already soft month into an outright loss. If you want to actually understand what the job market is doing right now, this is the episode. He also covers the NFIB March small business report, which confirms the...
AI just became the number one stated reason US employers are cutting jobs, and the speed of that shift is what makes this moment worth paying attention to. In today's episode, host Pete Newsome breaks down the Challenger Gray and Christmas March report, what the acceleration from 5% to 25% in just months actually signals, and why the real number of AI-driven cuts is almost certainly higher than what's being reported. He also covers a new Brookings Institution study that asks a question most A...
Oracle just laid off up to 30,000 workers and delivered the news via a 6am email with no manager warning and immediate system access cutoff. In today's episode, Pete Newsome breaks down the details: what Oracle says the money will fund and what the handling of these cuts reveals about corporate culture at the highest levels. He also covers ADP's March employment report, which shows private sector job growth of 62,000, but the breakdown tells a more complicated story. Medium and large employer...
The February JOLTS report just dropped, and the headline number demands attention. Hires fell to 4.8 million, down nearly 500,000 in a single month, pushing the hires rate to 3.1%, the lowest reading since April 2020. In today's episode, host Pete Newsome breaks down what's driving the disconnect between 6.9 million job openings and only 4.8 million actual hires, which sectors took the hardest hits, and what the data means for job seekers who are already feeling the freeze. He also cove...
A major new study just mapped AI job risk across every metro area and every state in the country, and the findings are more alarming than most coverage suggests. The cities facing the largest projected losses are the innovation capitals everyone assumed were untouchable. New York, Los Angeles, San Francisco, Chicago, Dallas, and Boston each face at least $20 billion in annual income losses, with total vulnerable jobs projected at 9.3 million within the next two to five years. Host Pete Newsom...
Goldman Sachs is projecting that rising oil prices could shave roughly 10,000 jobs a month from US payroll growth through the end of 2026, with unemployment expected to climb to 4.6% by Q3. Host Pete Newsome breaks down the sectors most at risk, why the energy industry won't offset those losses the way it historically has, and what this forecast means for a labor market already moving in the wrong direction. He also covers a meaningful proposed rule change from the Department of Labor that wo...
One of the job market's longest-standing assumptions just got flipped. A new Randstad analysis of more than 150 million job postings found that skilled trades roles now take longer to fill than software developer positions, and the demand gap is accelerating. Robotics technicians, HVAC engineers, and industrial automation specialists are among the fastest-growing roles in the entire labor market, driven largely by the physical infrastructure AI requires to function. Host Pete Newsome breaks d...
Today's headlines cover three stories that together paint a clear picture of exactly where the workforce stands right now. Host Pete Newsome starts with a new ADP Research report, the largest of its kind, surveying more than 39,000 workers across 36 countries. Only 22% strongly believe their job is safe from elimination. Despite near-historic low unemployment worldwide, the workforce is operating from a place of genuine fear. Pete breaks down who feels it most, what the gender and seniority g...
Gallup just released findings that should have every employer paying close attention. For the first time on record, more American workers say they're struggling than thriving, and the reasons go deeper than job dissatisfaction. Host Pete Newsome breaks down why 30% of workers feel stuck, why engagement has hit a ten-year low, and what employers need to do before the market shifts and their people run. He also unpacks a striking finding from ADP Research: one sector (education and health servi...
Today's headlines all tell the same story from different angles: AI is reshaping the workforce faster than most people are prepared for, and the workers feeling it first are the ones just getting started. Host Pete Newsome breaks down new data showing a measurable employment decline for workers aged 22 to 25 in AI-exposed roles, why vocational enrollment is surging, and what it means that nearly half of Americans under 34 are reconsidering their career path entirely because of AI. He also cov...
New data reveals where AI is actually taking over inside corporate America, and it's happening faster than most workers realize. In this episode, host Pete Newsome breaks down a major new Gallup survey showing why accountability is the one leadership skill driving a 3x difference in employee engagement, plus findings from the CHRO Association that show 91% of top HR leaders say AI and workplace digitization are their number one concern right now. Pete also unpacks what it means for job seeke...
AI is already changing how careers begin, and the data is starting to prove it. In today’s episode of Cornering the Job Market, host Pete Newsome breaks down new research from a panel of economists at Stanford University showing that hiring for entry-level professional roles is declining in areas with heavy AI exposure. Software developer hiring for workers ages 22–26 is already down 20%, and call center hiring has dropped 15%. According to economist Erik Brynjolfsson, many industries are sh...
The job market keeps sending mixed signals, and today’s headlines highlight just how disconnected the system has become. In today's episode of Cornering the Job Market, host Pete Newsome breaks down new data from Business Roundtable, where 169 of America’s largest CEOs shared their hiring plans for the next six months. While business confidence and spending are rising, hiring is flat: roughly one-third of CEOs plan to hire, one-third plan to cut, and one-third plan to do nothing. The result ...
A $100 million bet on the skilled trades. A global automaker cutting 50,000 jobs. And new hiring data that suggests employers may be more optimistic than the headlines imply. In today’s episode of Cornering the Job Market, host Pete Newsome breaks down three major stories shaping the future of work. First, BlackRock announced a $100 million initiative called Future Builders, aimed at expanding training for electricians, HVAC technicians, plumbers, and ironworkers. The investment reflects a ...
AI isn’t theoretical anymore... It’s profitable. A new global Snowflake survey of 3,400+ companies reveals that 92% of early AI adopters are seeing positive returns, with average ROI hitting 49%. Companies are making money. Real money. But here’s the part that should get your attention: 63% of respondents report job losses at the entry level. Operations, customer service, and data analytics teams are seeing the biggest impact. Middle management is next. At the same time, not all the news i...
Corporate layoffs are rising at the fastest pace since the Great Recession, and at the same time, Washington is quietly hiring back federal workers after cutting more than 387,000 jobs. In today’s Breaking Job News, host Pete Newsome breaks down the Conference Board’s latest Employment Trends Index, where six of eight indicators turned negative, and workers say jobs are now as hard to get as they were in early 2021. Pete also examines a Washington Post investigation into the federal workfor...
The February jobs report just dropped, and the headline is rough. U.S. payrolls fell by 92,000 in February, reversing much of January’s already revised gains. Unemployment ticked up to 4.4%, long-term unemployment jumped 27% year over year, and prior months were quietly revised downward, wiping out tens of thousands of jobs we thought existed. In today’s episode of Cornering the Job Market, host Pete Newsome breaks down what the Bureau of Labor Statistics report actually shows beneath the su...
Layoffs are down, but hiring is falling even faster. In today’s Cornering the Job Market, host Pete Newsome breaks down a wave of new labor market data that reveals a troubling pattern: companies aren’t cutting aggressively anymore, but they’re not adding jobs either. We start with the February Challenger Job Cut Report, which shows layoffs dropped sharply month over month. Sounds like good news... until you see hiring plans are down more than 50% from last year. The result? Workers are keep...
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