1、ENDINGTHE YEAR STRONGQ4 JOBS REPORTpg.2In fact,Monsters Future of Work Report sharedthat 93%of companies planned to hire in 2022,up 11%from the prior year.As COVID-19 cases declined and restrictions eased,employers reopened offices,supply chain bottlenecks dissipated,and hiring grew.Employment reach

2、ed pre-pandemic levels in July,and the unemployment rate dropped to its February 2020 level of 3.5%.While people were returning to work,their wallets were taking a hit.This summer we saw consumer prices rise 8.5%YoY,resulting in 80%of the US workforce reporting that inflation is impacting their care

3、er decisions.Now,on the precipice of a recession,Monster is taking a closer look atpredictions for Q4,trends in the labormarket,and recruiting tactics,to helpyou end the year strong.WHEN 2022 BEGAN,EMPLOYERSWERE OPTIMISTIC ABOUT EXPANDINGWORKFORCES.While its true that US gross domestic product decli

4、ned in the first and second quarters,meeting the standard definition of a recession,economists have long understood that the real GDP is just one of the many economic indicators used to assess the state of the US economy.Recessions almost always come with employment losses.This is known as Okuns law

5、.Employment and gross domestic product fall together,with a 2%drop in GDP typically accompanying a 1%increase in unemployment.However,were seeing the opposite with the unemployment rate continuing to edge down over the summer.Its no surprise that labor economists are the biggest skeptics of recent r

6、ecession headlines.At the start of the year,93%of employers told us they planned to hire in 2022 and hire they did.We saw an increase of 32%in jobs posted on Monster during the first half of 2022,compared to the same timeframe last year.Job numbers from the U.S.Bureau of Labor Statistics(BLS)indicat