The Hot Market for Jobs No One Wants | Big Take

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After a period characterized as “low-hire, low-fire,” the American labor market is seeing a surge of layoffs from companies like Amazon, Starbucks, UPS and Target. And that’s pushing more job applicants towards traditionally less-desirable occupations, like substitute teaching, traffic flagging and waste management. Today on the Big Take, Sarah Holder is joined by economic reporter Mike Sasso to discuss what’s happening in this often-overlooked corner of the labor market and what it means for the economy overall. Read more: The Job Market Is Heating Up — for Jobs That People Usually Don't Want (https://www.bloomberg.com/news/features/2025-11-17/in-weak-us-labor-market-tough-jobs-are-in-high-demand?srnd=homepage-americas) See omnystudio.com/listener (https://omnystudio.com/listener) for privacy information. The Big Take from Bloomberg News brings you inside what’s shaping the world's economies with the smartest and most informed business reporters around the world. The context you need on the stories that can move markets. Every afternoon. Subscribe to Bloomberg Podcasts: https://bit.ly/BloombergPodcasts Listen to more of The Big Take: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLe4PRejZgr0NPJB9wTuVsdzBVgFlcYQqN #Bloomberg #Podcast #News #Business #Economy #TheBigTake Visit us: https://www.bloomberg.com/podcasts Follow Bloomberg Podcasts on Twitter: https://twitter.com/podcasts Visit our other YouTube channels: Bloomberg Television: https://www.youtube.com/@markets Bloomberg Originals: https://www.youtube.com/bloomberg Quicktake: https://www.youtube.com/@BloombergQuicktake For coverage on news, markets and more: http://www.bloomberg.com/video The Hot Market for Jobs No One Wants