Why Getting A Job Feels Impossible Right Now

The job market looks solid on paper. In 2023,unemployment hit a 54-year low at 3.4% in January,according to the U.S. Department of Commerce.Bureau of Labor Statistics reported that U.S.employers added 2.7 million people to the payroll the same year. But it's a different story for active job seekers. A staffing firm Insight Global found that recently unemployed full-time workers applied to an average of 30 jobs, only to receive an average of four callbacks responses. So why does it feel so hard to get a job right now and is the U.S. labor market as strong as it seems?