Brian Will

I built JobIntel because most job listings aren't what they seem. Ghost jobs, salary data, hiring reality, no fluff. Don't apply blind.

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Everyone is covering long-term unemployment going up.

Here is the part underneath it that nobody has run, and it is the part that tells you what changed.

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If you coach job seekers, some of your clients arrive with an outplacement package behind them.

The employer paid for it and decided what it included. Find out what that was before the first session, then be specific about what you do differently.

https://t.co/xSZoLTxQxN

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Firms over 5,000 employees projected an 8.7% increase in graduate hiring, in NACE's spring survey of 185 employers.

That is where the class of 2026 growth is concentrated. If you are applying to small and mid-size companies, that 8.7% is not your number.

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22.7% of newly hired registered nurses left within their first year in 2025. That's from NSI, a nurse recruitment firm, surveying 527 hospitals.

A shortage number tells you about demand. That number tells you what happened to the people hired before you.

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About half of job listings now show the pay. So why do most people still take the first number they're offered?

When the verbal offer comes, name your number in the upper third of the posted range. Then agree to nothing until it's in writing.

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Recent graduate unemployment is in the mid fives. Underemployment is 42%.

Underemployed means working a job that does not typically require a bachelor's degree.

The first tells you graduates are finding jobs. The second tells you what kind.

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The full post: Portugal Has Lower Average Prices Than Spain or Italy. Its Nomad Visa Asks for More Income Than Either.

https://t.co/qnpbIwF1HJ

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If Portugal is your idea of the easy nomad visa, check the income bar.

It asks for more than Spain or Italy, and the reason is one number in the rule.

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One more thing moved, and it matters if you're staying.

Under a law published May 18, Portugal's citizenship path is 10 years of legal residence for most nationalities, 7 for EU and Portuguese-speaking countries. It used to be 5.

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More than 50 countries now offer a digital nomad visa.

Spain, Italy and Greece all require income from an employer or clients outside the country.

The visa is the easy half. The job that lets you use it is the scarce one.

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The full post: Is It Too Late to Job-Search in Q4? You Have This Backwards.

https://t.co/K1dern7iw0

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Every October the same advice circulates. Don't bother applying now, nobody hires in Q4, wait until January.

It is wrong in an interesting way, and the reasoning error behind it shows up all over job search advice.

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That is a different labor market. Seasonal means warehouse, delivery, retail floor and fulfillment, hired in bulk on a calendar for a period ending in January.

Salaried professional roles are not in that count and never were.