An economist explains where the U.S. job market is heading in 2025

Moving into 2025, many professionals hope to see the job market pick up and new opportunities become available, but will they?

The job market has seen some major pendulum swings in the past few years, from an abundance of jobs during the Great Reshuffle to what feels like job opportunities now being a bit less in reach. In fact, according to a recent survey from LinkedIn, 43% of Americans say that they feel stuck in their jobs right now and the sense that there are no job opportunities out there is a big reason for this.