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Health care is still hot in the job market

2024/7/9
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Despite a generally cooling labor market, healthcare has seen significant job growth, with healthcare jobs only recently returning to pre-pandemic levels due to workforce disruptions caused by COVID-19.

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The job market has cooled in recent months. The days of two openings per available worker may be over, but some sectors still have to struggle to find employees. One industry on a hot streak is health care, thanks in part to the continued workforce disruptions caused by COVID. Also in this episode: Small-business optimism rises despite cost concerns, tweens concoct potentially harmful “skin care smoothies” and steel prices sag as demand drops.