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Job Hugging Emerges as Labor Market Cools

2/27/2026

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Story summary
  • The term "job hugging" describes workers clinging to their jobs in a cooling labor market.
  • Korn Ferry popularized the phrase.
  • This term reflects a shift from the great resignation of 2021–2022.
  • August added 22,000 jobs.
  • June posted a 13,000-job loss, the first since December 2020, while unemployment remains low and recent college graduates face challenges.