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Workforce Optics: August
Employment Data + Insights
With the labor market sending mixed — and in some cases sobering — signals, many business leaders are recalibrating. In this month’s Workforce Optics, Staffmark Group reports on key job market trends, digs into AI readiness, and explores how job seekers are adapting in real time.
Inside This Month's Issue:
- Surprising Jobs Downturn. The latest BLS data reveals slower hiring in July and stuns with large revisions to previous May and June job numbers.
- HR Reveals AI Readiness Gap: Most organizations aren’t ready for a blended human/AI workforce. Only 8% of HR say their businesses are prepared for that mix today, but the vast majority aim to get there within three years.
- More Job Seekers Go Gig. In a quest to gain more career control and counteract increasing competition for work, more job seekers are turning to the flexibility and autonomy of gig and contract work.
- Manufacturing Contraction Accelerates. The Manufacturing PMI® fell to 48.0%, an accelerated decline in activity that points to uncertainty and tariff concerns.
Explore these insights and more in the August edition of Workforce Optics!
