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Tue Jan 9 2024

Daniel de Visé | Personal Finance Reporter

Good morning! It's Daniel de Visé with your Daily Money.

Today's edition is all about jobs.

If your New Year's resolution is finding the job of your dreams, or at least a better job, don't let the slowdown in the labor market deter you, Medora Lee writes. There are still plenty of job openings, especially if you start looking now, experts say.

Even though job postings kicked off the year down 15% from a year ago, they're still up more than 20% from the end of 2021 and about 25% higher than in February 2020, said Nick Bunker, economist at labor market researcher Indeed Hiring Lab. What's more, new job openings typically start flooding the market from the second week of January through February.

"There's still a healthy amount of job postings out there," Bunker said. "So, yes, it's still a good time to find a job."

Many employees of Verisys/Aperture have opted to remain working remotely from their Louisville office due to COVID-19. Sept 14, 2021.

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It's getting harder to find a high-salaried remote job

Finding a remote job isn't as easy as it once was, Bailey Schulz reports.

While experts say work-from-home is here to stay, research shows that there has been a dip in remote and hybrid job postings since pandemic-era highs. Data from job search site Indeed, published last month, shows that the share of job postings advertising remote or hybrid work options fell from a peak of 10.3% in February 2022 to 8.3% as of November.

This dip is especially prevalent among high-paying jobs, according to a new report from career site Ladders. It found six-figure hybrid job postings dropped 69% at the end of 2023 from the previous quarter, while six-figure remote jobs slipped 12%. The findings are based on an analysis of nearly a half-million job postings on the site between October and December. (The company did not have the data available for a year-over-year comparison.)

"It appears that companies that were previously offering hybrid roles are now increasingly posting in-office positions, especially for jobs paying over $200,000," said John Mullinix, director of growth marketing at Ladders, in an emailed statement.

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If you are terminally addicted to Kickin' Ranch sauce at Jimmy John's, your moment has come.

The fan favorite is leaving stores this month. But for a limited time, die-hard sauce lovers will be able to purchase a bottle of it for a penny.

Starting Jan. 9, Jimmy John's is giving a lucky few customers the chance to take home a 32-ounce bottle of Kickin' Ranch, packaged in a special commemorative container, the company shared in a press release.

Only 100 bottles of the ranch will be available for 24 hours. Once they're gone, Jimmy John's says, they're gone for good. Fans of the iconic flavoring will have to kick the habit.

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