Job seekers wait in line to enter a job fair event in Silver Spring, Maryland, on April 16.
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Job seekers wait in line to enter a job fair event in Silver Spring, Maryland, on April 16.
Mandatory Credit: Roberto Schmidt/AFP/Getty Images via CNN Newsource

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It hasn’t been this hard for Americans to find work since 2021

Layoffs may not be mounting, but it’s getting harder to find a job in a labor market where hiring is “anemic” as tariff-driven economic uncertainty has put a chill on some employers.