By From the Newspaper
Spending for job search
It takes a lot of money to make money, especially when it comes to looking for a job these days. Josh Morgan, 45 years old, was laid off from his senior finance role late last year. After several fruitless months of searching for a new one, he paid a company about $10,000 for six months鈥 help. The firm provides weekly meetings with a career strategist to evaluate open roles and source potential jobs from talent recruiters. Two converging forces are driving up the cost of finding a job for many Americans. One is the exploding cottage industry of networking and job-search subscriptions, career-coaching services and artificial-intelligence tools 鈥 all capitalising on job seekers鈥 frustrations in a stalled hiring market. The other is the growing length of the average job search as companies slow recruiting and leave positions unfilled.
(Adapted from 鈥淚nside The $10,000 Job Search: Career Coaching, LinkedIn Fees, R茅sum茅 Help,鈥 by Lindsay Ellis, published on August 10, 2025, by the Wal