According to U.S. government data, 4.3 million people quit their jobs in December of 2021, bringing the 2021 total to nearly 47 million. That’s an all-time record. At the same time, more jobs are being created, and there are a considerable number of job openings (over 10.9 million in the United States in the same month).

The global economy is recovering from the unprecedented impact of the pandemic, and it’s creating situations that no one has seen before and that aren’t fully understood. Factors like supply chain issues, significant wage growth, accelerating inflation, and the ongoing impact of the virus (and measures designed to counter it, like vaccine mandates) all add to the uncertainty in the job market for multiple industries and geographic regions.

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