The Hiring Pulse, 16 October 2026: Taiwan and Mexico lead weekly hiring gains

Daily brief, October 16, 2026

Global job openings rose 1.9% week on week on a like-for-like basis, led by solid hiring momentum across emerging markets and retail employers.

  • According to the Arihaan crawl, open roles in Taiwan rose 6.8% like for like over the week to 16 October 2026, driven by an addition of 328 jobs at Super Micro Computer, Inc.
  • In Mexico, like-for-like postings expanded 4.2% over seven days to 29,713 openings, supported by 597 added roles at Grupo Coppel.
  • The Arihaan crawl stable-panel openings index slipped 0.04 points on Friday to 98.89, but remained up 0.5 points over seven days.
  • Retail employers posted a weekly like-for-like increase of 18,067 positions, an advance of 11.6%, led by 5,444 openings added at Advance Auto Parts.
  • In the United States, official BLS JOLTS data showed 7.08 million vacancies in August 2026, while the BLS Current Population Survey reported an unemployment rate of 4.2% for September 2026.

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Like-for-like vacancies in Taiwan climbed to 8,260 by 16 October 2026 after earlier mid-month declines.

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