https://secondsummit.ai/Monthly analysis and open data on the US job market, plus industry pages, guides and free tools for people looking for work.en-usWed, 14 Oct 2026 12:00:00 GMT https://secondsummit.ai/whats-new/#2026-10-14-trailhead-fills-your-application-on-three-systemshttps://secondsummit.ai/whats-new/#2026-10-14-trailhead-fills-your-application-on-three-systemsWed, 14 Oct 2026 12:00:00 GMTOn your computer, Trailhead fills Greenhouse, Lever and Ashby application forms from the details you have confirmed, then stops so you can review the form and press Submit yourself. On Workday and iCIMS it helps with sign-in, plain text boxes and your saved answers and resume. On your phone it hands you your answers and your resume, and it leaves legal and demographic questions to you everywhere. https://secondsummit.ai/whats-new/#2026-10-14-a-review-list-for-every-form-trailhead-fillshttps://secondsummit.ai/whats-new/#2026-10-14-a-review-list-for-every-form-trailhead-fillsWed, 14 Oct 2026 12:00:00 GMTOn a computer, a list shows each answer Trailhead filled and where it came from. Tap an answer to jump to it on the form, and tick the ones you have checked. https://secondsummit.ai/whats-new/#2026-10-13-design-your-resumehttps://secondsummit.ai/whats-new/#2026-10-13-design-your-resumeTue, 13 Oct 2026 12:00:00 GMTOpen Change the look on any resume to choose a look, accent colour, font, text size, spacing and the order of your sections, with a live preview of your own resume. A line under the preview shows the page count and whether job-application software can read the file, and Fit to one page tightens the spacing to help a long resume fit. https://secondsummit.ai/whats-new/#2026-10-13-tailoring-again-never-leaves-you-with-a-weaker-resumehttps://secondsummit.ai/whats-new/#2026-10-13-tailoring-again-never-leaves-you-with-a-weaker-resumeTue, 13 Oct 2026 12:00:00 GMTIf you tailor a resume again from the same details and the new version would score lower than the one you have, we keep your current version and tell you. If you changed your resume or profile since the last time, the new version always stands, and you can bring the previous one back. https://secondsummit.ai/whats-new/#2026-10-13-a-cleaner-job-listhttps://secondsummit.ai/whats-new/#2026-10-13-a-cleaner-job-listTue, 13 Oct 2026 12:00:00 GMTEach real job now shows once, and listings from recruiting sites are hidden by default, with a switch and a count if you want to see them. You can dismiss a job and undo it, and a recruiting site is no longer shown as the employer. https://secondsummit.ai/industries/technology/https://secondsummit.ai/industries/technology/Mon, 12 Oct 2026 12:00:00 GMT71,703 open postings from 2,853 employers in technology and software. Listed pay, remote and entry-level share, largest employers and metro areas, October 2026. https://secondsummit.ai/industries/financial-services/https://secondsummit.ai/industries/financial-services/Mon, 12 Oct 2026 12:00:00 GMT27,690 open postings from 616 employers in financial services and insurance. Listed pay, remote and entry-level share, largest employers and metro areas, October 2026. https://secondsummit.ai/industries/professional-services/https://secondsummit.ai/industries/professional-services/Mon, 12 Oct 2026 12:00:00 GMT20,793 open postings from 442 employers in professional services. Listed pay, remote and entry-level share, largest employers and metro areas, October 2026. https://secondsummit.ai/industries/healthcare/https://secondsummit.ai/industries/healthcare/Mon, 12 Oct 2026 12:00:00 GMT72,835 open postings from 1,011 employers in healthcare and life sciences. Listed pay, remote and entry-level share, largest employers and metro areas, October 2026. https://secondsummit.ai/guides/read-a-posted-pay-range/https://secondsummit.ai/guides/read-a-posted-pay-range/Mon, 12 Oct 2026 12:00:00 GMTWhat a listed salary range tells you and what it does not, with numbers: how often employers list pay (37.8% of postings), and how listed pay compares with official wages. https://secondsummit.ai/guides/pay-transparency-laws-by-state/https://secondsummit.ai/guides/pay-transparency-laws-by-state/Mon, 12 Oct 2026 12:00:00 GMTTwelve states and the District of Columbia require a pay range in job postings. Dates, employer sizes and official sources, and how often postings list pay where the law applies. https://secondsummit.ai/guides/what-employers-ask-on-applications/https://secondsummit.ai/guides/what-employers-ask-on-applications/Mon, 12 Oct 2026 12:00:00 GMTWe read the application forms of 17,965 postings from 4,870 employers. How often each question appears and how to prepare an answer. https://secondsummit.ai/tools/job-search-planner/https://secondsummit.ai/tools/job-search-planner/Mon, 12 Oct 2026 12:00:00 GMTTurn the hours you have into a weekly job-search plan: research, applications, conversations, interview practice and learning, with concrete next actions. Free, no signup. https://secondsummit.ai/tools/application-funnel-diagnostic/https://secondsummit.ai/tools/application-funnel-diagnostic/Mon, 12 Oct 2026 12:00:00 GMTEnter how many applications you sent and what you heard back. See your interview rate on known outcomes, how many are still unknown, and what to check next. Free, no signup. https://secondsummit.ai/tools/offer-comparison/https://secondsummit.ai/tools/offer-comparison/Mon, 12 Oct 2026 12:00:00 GMTCompare two or three job offers side by side: base, bonus, equity, benefits, sign-on, adjusted for local price levels, with your own ratings for the things money does not capture. Free, no signup. https://secondsummit.ai/after-a-layoff/https://secondsummit.ai/after-a-layoff/Mon, 12 Oct 2026 12:00:00 GMTAn organised first week after a layoff: unemployment insurance, health coverage, money, your search plan. Each step links to official sources. https://secondsummit.ai/after-a-layoff/explaining-a-layoff/https://secondsummit.ai/after-a-layoff/explaining-a-layoff/Mon, 12 Oct 2026 12:00:00 GMTHow to say it in one calm minute: a short statement, what you worked on, and where you are going. Annotated examples and a template. https://secondsummit.ai/after-a-layoff/rebuild-your-routine/https://secondsummit.ai/after-a-layoff/rebuild-your-routine/Mon, 12 Oct 2026 12:00:00 GMTA week you can keep, and a simple way to find peers: a sample weekly rhythm, a peer check-in agenda, and where to look for people who understand. https://secondsummit.ai/guides/reading-the-monthly-data/https://secondsummit.ai/guides/reading-the-monthly-data/Mon, 12 Oct 2026 12:00:00 GMTWhat our posting counts, pay shares and rankings can tell you about your own search, and what they cannot. https://secondsummit.ai/guides/moving-cities-cost-vs-pay/https://secondsummit.ai/guides/moving-cities-cost-vs-pay/Mon, 12 Oct 2026 12:00:00 GMTHow to compare a job in another city: price levels, housing, and what to ask an employer. With the most and least expensive metro areas. https://secondsummit.ai/guides/how-long-postings-stay-open/https://secondsummit.ai/guides/how-long-postings-stay-open/Mon, 12 Oct 2026 12:00:00 GMTThe median posting has been open 29 days. How it varies by industry and metro area, what an old posting does and does not mean, and what to do about it. https://secondsummit.ai/whats-new/#2026-10-12-free-job-search-tools-and-guideshttps://secondsummit.ai/whats-new/#2026-10-12-free-job-search-tools-and-guidesMon, 12 Oct 2026 12:00:00 GMTA weekly job-search planner, an application-funnel check and an offer comparison run in your browser, and nothing you type is sent anywhere. Guides built on real job postings explain pay ranges, pay laws and what application forms ask. https://secondsummit.ai/jobs-data/reports/october-2026/https://secondsummit.ai/jobs-data/reports/october-2026/Sat, 10 Oct 2026 12:00:00 GMTIndeed's postings count sits 32.4% below its February 2020 level in Seattle and 36.3% above it in Jackson, Mississippi, as hiring drifts away from tech coasts. Only 37.8% of postings we read list pay, and after prices are counted, San Jose's typical wage stretches furthest. https://secondsummit.ai/jobs-data/https://secondsummit.ai/jobs-data/#2026-10Sat, 10 Oct 2026 12:00:00 GMTThe October 2026 edition of Second Summit's job market data: posted pay, official wages, price levels, remote work and unemployment, with free CSV and JSON downloads. https://secondsummit.ai/whats-new/#2026-10-10-job-market-data-for-more-than-70-citieshttps://secondsummit.ai/whats-new/#2026-10-10-job-market-data-for-more-than-70-citiesSat, 10 Oct 2026 12:00:00 GMTCity pages show the pay employers list, how many postings are open, how much of it is remote and how long postings stay up, from employers' own career pages. The data is free to read and download, and it updates every month.