Taking a Pulse on California’s Labor Market

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🗓️ 23 June 2023

⏱️ 57 minutes

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With huge layoffs in sectors like tech and media dominating the headlines, it’s easy to think that jobs are becoming scarce and that the “Great Resignation” is over. But in fact, some economists say it’s workers, not employers, who still hold the power — especially as Baby Boomers retire. We’ll check in on California’s labor market across different industries and hear your experiences finding a job in today’s economy. Guests: Aki Ito, senior correspondent covering the workplace and the economy, Insider Sarah Bohn, vice president of Research and Senior Fellow, Public Policy Institute of California Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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1:19.8	Coming up on forum, for a while there, it felt like the tech sector was no longer the sure
1:24.5	career path that used to be, as layoffs dominated headlines day after day.
1:29.8	And then job cuts echoed in other sectors.
1:32.3	That trend seemed to signal the end of the Great Resignation, which topped headlines in recent years,
1:37.1	as large numbers of workers ditched their jobs.
1:40.1	But some economists say the pendulum actually hasn't swung as far as it seems.
1:44.3	Employees may still hold the power.
1:46.6	We'll learn more. That's next after this news.
2:07.5	This is Forum. I'm Leslie McClurg. I'm in today for Mina Kim. In recent years, the great resignation dominated headlines as people really quit their jobs in droves. The mood feels a lot more
2:14.2	somber this year. Crunchbase, a public database, estimates nearly 150,000 workers
2:18.9	that American tech companies were laid off in mass since January, with more than 12,000 of those
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