Cornering The Job Market
The job market is changing faster than most people realize. Headlines are noisy, data is often misunderstood, and bad advice spreads quickly. Cornering the Job Market cuts through the confusion with clear, data-backed insights on what is actually happening in hiring, work, careers, and the labor market now, and in the future.
Hosted by Pete Newsome, founder of one of America's top staffing and recruiting firms, this podcast breaks down the labor market from both sides of the table. Job seekers learn how employers are really making decisions. Hiring leaders and executives gain perspective on talent supply, candidate behavior, and where the market is heading next.
Each episode translates complex labor data into plain English and connects the dots between hiring trends, economic signals, AI adoption, wages, layoffs, and workforce strategy. The focus is not hype or fear; with context, clarity, and practical takeaways you can use immediately.
What you will hear on the show
- Weekly breakdowns of the U.S. job market using trusted data sources
- What hiring numbers actually mean for real people and real companies
- How AI is reshaping jobs, hiring, and career paths
- Why some roles stay in demand even during slowdowns
- What employers are prioritizing and what candidates often miss
- Honest conversations about layoffs, wage pressure, job hopping, and stability
- Tactical advice for job seekers at every career stage
- Strategic insight for HR leaders, hiring managers, and executives
Who this podcast is for
- Professionals navigating a competitive or uncertain job market
- Early and mid-career workers trying to future-proof their careers
- HR leaders and talent acquisition teams
- Hiring managers and executives making workforce decisions
- Anyone who wants clear, credible insight into where work is headed
Why Cornering the Job Market is different
This show is built on real hiring experience, not theory. The insights come from thousands of real job searches, real placements, and real conversations with employers and candidates across industries like IT, finance, healthcare, marketing, HR, and engineering.
The goal is simple. Help you understand the job market well enough to make better decisions, whether you are hiring, job searching, or planning your next move.
New episodes
New episodes drop regularly with timely commentary on breaking labor market news, hiring trends, and workplace shifts. Subscribe so you do not miss an update, especially when the market changes quickly.
Cornering The Job Market
Latest Episodes
The Week in Jobs: A Startup Offered Interviews for Tattoos & AI Is Actually Growing Jobs
Pete and Peter open with the strangest hiring story of the year so far. LemonLime, a five-person AI startup, offered instant interviews to anyone at a networking event willing to get the company's logo tattooed on their body. The backlash was s...
The Week in Jobs: Unemployment Claims Hit a 57-Year Low, but 93% Say Wages Aren't Keeping Up
A rare quiet week for once: no major layoffs, no new AI panic. Pete and Peter open with the number that earned the good-news label this week: initial unemployment claims came in at 187,000, the lowest since 1969, well under the 250,000 mark tha...
Job Applicant Fraud Is Skyrocketing: TurboCheck's Mike Mark on Fake Candidates and Deepfakes
Pete Newsome sits down with Michael Mark from TurboCheck for a conversation most hiring teams aren't having yet, but should be: candidate fraud. TurboCheck's data shows fraud running around 40% across all roles on average, and as high as 70% to...
The Week in Jobs: Texas Targets Ghost Jobs, AI Spying on Employees, & a Shrinking Workforce
Pete and Peter open with a story job seekers have been waiting years for: the Texas Attorney General is going after LinkedIn over ghost job postings, subpoenas included. Estimates put fake job postings at 20% to 33% of what's out there, and Tex...
The Week in Jobs: The AI Jobs Apocalypse Debate, a Trade Jobs Boom, & an RTO Firing Gone Wrong
Pete and Peter promised something lighter this week, and for the most part, they deliver. They open with a new Goldman Sachs report weighing whether an "AI jobs apocalypse" is actually coming. Goldman's answer is more measured than the headline...