Glassdoor
US employer-review and jobs platform.
US jobs-and-reviews platform whose economist reported on 23 July 2026 that the share of Americans job-hunting for six months or more is rising sharply, even as headline claims data looks strong.
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Glassdoor is a US employer-review and jobs platform, best known for anonymous employee reviews of workplaces and salary data, and used by jobseekers to research employers before applying.
Its in-house economists publish regular analysis of hiring trends drawn from the platform's own job-search and application data, positioning Glassdoor as a source of real-time labour-market signal that runs alongside, and sometimes against, official government statistics.
That vantage point, aggregate jobseeker behaviour rather than benefit filings, is what gives its commentary on job-search duration its distinct value.
Long job hunts are rising fast
Glassdoor's economist Daniel Zhao reported on 23 July 2026 that the share of Americans searching for a job for six months or longer has risen sharply year-on-year .
Zhao's data point cuts against the same week's headline: initial jobless claims fell to a 57-year low, yet Glassdoor's site-level search behaviour shows more Americans stuck hunting for longer, not fewer. For Glassdoor, whose business depends on reading real jobseeker behaviour rather than official filings, the divergence is read as proof that a tight claims number can mask a market where existing jobseekers feel they have fewer options.
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