The U.S. job market is caught in a strange paradox.

Confidence is waning, small-business profits are shrinking, and holiday hiring has reached its weakest point in more than a decade. Yet millions of qualified candidates still can’t land jobs. In today’s Breaking Job News, host Pete Newsome discusses what’s really happening behind the numbers: an economy where leaders are losing trust, workers are losing patience, and the hiring process itself is breaking down.

From NFIB’s cooling Small Business Optimism Index to Glassdoor’s 2026 Worklife Trends Report revealing “forever layoffs” and collapsing faith in leadership, Pete connects the dots between market signals and daily workplace reality. You’ll learn how slow hiring cycles, outdated job requirements, and underpriced offers are turning a manageable slowdown into a confidence crisis, and what innovative leaders are doing differently to build trust, speed up hiring, and keep talent engaged.

He’ll also break down the leanest holiday job market since 2012 and what it means for candidates entering 2026, plus where early-career wages are finally catching up.

News Articles:
1. Glassdoor’s Worklife Trends 2026: https://www.glassdoor.com/blog/worklife-trends-2026/
2. Job Seekers Stare Down a Gloomy Holiday Hiring Season: https://www.wsj.com/economy/jobs/holiday-seasonal-jobs-market-61f071b5?mod=jobs_news_article_pos1
3. The National Federation of Independent Business (NFIB)'s October Report: chrome-extension://efaidnbmnnnibpcajpcglclefindmkaj/https://www.nfib.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/NFIB-SBET-Report-Oct.-2025.pdf

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