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New job ad volume remained relatively high in the third quarter of 2021, though employers have been faced with a record high number of quits. Sign-on bonuses have increased in popularity, a signal of...

This article was originally published in the Richmond Times Dispatch on October, 17th, 2021. It seems that most businesses are hiring right now based on the number of ‘help wanted’ signs posted...

When the lockdown from COVID-19 began to ripple across the nation in March 2020, economic forecasters turned to medical experts to help formulate assumptions around when the economy would return to...

This article was originally published in the Richmond Times Dispatch on September 8th, 2021. As we celebrate our second Labor Day in a pandemic, there are still many unknowns about when employment...

In March 2020, the COVID-19 pandemic transformed the U.S. higher education system overnight. In-person instruction was replaced by virtual classrooms and pencil and paper substituted with computers....

Job post duration, which measures how many days it takes to fill positions, provides an indication of how hard it is for employers to find qualified candidates.[1] The initial drop in job post...

More employers are requiring that new employees be vaccinated.[1] While many of these requirements are very recent developments, job ads over the past several months illustrate the beginning of this...

This article was originally published in the Richmond Times Dispatch on August 8th, 2021. Similar to many other businesses, the COVID-19 pandemic had a devastating impact on many retailers. Even...

Accuracy Matters One of the things we at Chmura take pride in is hearing our clients praise the accuracy of our data, a difference they notice relative to other economic data sets they’ve seen. We’re...