The Hiring Pulse, 10 October 2026: Keyrus cuts postings while retail recruitment rises

Daily brief, October 10, 2026

Weekly employer postings showed sharp retrenchments at Keyrus and Adobe, while daily retail vacancies rose despite typical Saturday recruitment slowdowns.

• In the Arihaan crawl, Keyrus reduced like-for-like open roles by 99% over the week to 10 October, dropping from 100 postings to 1.
• Retail vacancies added 4,421 roles in a single day, a 2.8% like-for-like increase led by 7-Eleven with 1,448 openings, defying the normal weekend posting slowdown.
• Software maker Adobe lowered open positions by 33.4% over the week to 356 like-for-like roles, while Bluelightconsulting trimmed vacancies by 35.5% to 917.
• Advertised compensation gained ground, with median annual pay in operations and logistics rising 2.4% over the week to $105,000 across 7,123 listings.
• According to BLS Current Employment Statistics, US nonfarm employers added 29,000 jobs in September, alongside a 4.2% unemployment rate reported by the BLS Current Population Survey.

Chart of the day

Daily open roles in the retail sector rose by 4,421 postings on a like-for-like basis to 162,177.

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