The number of job applications per posting have risen on employment platform ZipRecruiter in recent months, as hiring cooled. Photo: JOE RAEDLE / GETTY IMAGES NORTH AMERICA/Getty Images via AFP/FileFor the past year, Taylor Simpson has been searching for a stable job while working part-time, but she is struggling to find a position she likes even though companies are hiring.
The numbers have remained elevated in the months since, due to an increase in applicants and a drop in jobs advertised, she added. If indicators like the employment of temporary workers and manufacturing overtime hours continue to fall, this could bode ill for the world's top economy.