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The Class of 2023 is getting ready to enter a job market that is suddenly less eager to hire new grads.Many employers are taking a go-slow approach to employing graduating seniors this year, college career offices say. The cautiousness marks a sharp reversal from the past two years, when companies often made offers barely weeks after school began and staged bidding wars over interns and graduating seniors.  Some of the companies that have laid off thousands of workers in recent months—including…

Indeed CEO Chris Hyams said he would be taking a 25% cut in his base pay. Photo: Jordan Vonderhaar/Bloomberg News…

A mystery permeates the job market: You apply for a job and hear nothing, but the ad stays online for months. If you inquire, the company tells you it isn’t really hiring.Not all job ads are attached to actual jobs, it turns out. The labor market remains robust, with 10.8 million job openings in January, according to the Labor Department. At the same time, companies are feeling budgetary strains and some are pulling back on hiring. Though businesses are keeping job postings up, many roles aren’t being filled, recruiters…

It was an unexpected problem. Earlier this year, Christina Qi, the chief executive of market data company Databento, noticed almost every job application included exactly what she was looking for.The company prompts candidates to write a tweet and a press release about microwave towers, a niche topic that requires research, Ms. Qi said. Normally, most candidates fail the test. This time all five passed. The tests—four from internship applicants and one from someone seeking a full-time content strategist…

More than 250,000 tech workers have lost jobs in recent months, according to Layoffs.fyi, and some staff reductions have spread to other parts of the economy, with companies including Dow Inc., Walt Disney Co. and 3M Co. announcing cuts. For the colleagues and friends of those workers, the question of how to help can have several answers. Since finding a new job often comes down to who you know, it might be time for you to call on your network…

Former employees of FTX and other failed crypto firms will likely face extra scrutiny in their job hunt. But recruiters and hiring managers say they can move on if they are transparent about their past employment. “First step is to own it, really,” said Will Brown, executive search lead for financial services at recruiting firm Hamlyn Williams. The career advice comes after a year of turmoil in the crypto industry, including several bankruptcies, that decimated digital asset values and…

Some employers racing to snap up workers in the tight labor market are omitting a step once considered crucial to hiring: the job interview. United Parcel Service Inc. has bulked up its staff without conducting job interviews for package handlers and seasonal drivers. Home Depot Inc. has sent job offers as quickly as 24 hours after candidates apply, in some cases eliminating the interview process. Gap Inc. has dropped job interviews…

Efforts to spur hiring of U.S. military veterans have ramped up in recent years. Many private-sector companies and nonprofits are introducing or expanding programs that help match veterans with civilian jobs. Some also are rolling out initiatives that aim to address specific pain points, such as military-spouse unemployment caused by frequent moves, and the inability of many veterans to advance in private-sector careers. Efforts to spur hiring of U.S. military veterans have ramped up in…

When Becky Phillips, a pharmaceutical industry scientist, has looked for work, one phrase in job ads has turned her away from applying to otherwise promising-sounding opportunities: “fast-paced environment.”“Usually fast-paced sounds like that would be fun, like you’re going to make lots of progress on projects,” Ms. Phillips, 34 years old, said. “But, I think in practice, it just means that there’s no work-life balance.” As workers grow more vocal about finding fulfilling jobs that they can mostly perform…

When Suki Lanh was laid off from a fintech insurance startup in early July, she worried it could take months to find a new job.“I was definitely nervous seeing the amount of startups that were laying off folks,” the 30-year-old said. “I just thought generally it was going to be really difficult to get another job for a while.” Ms. Lanh posted a video about her job loss on LinkedIn two days after she was let go amid broader cuts at a New York City-based startup. Recruiter messages started flooding her inbox. “I…