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Want more housing market stories from Lance Lamberts ResiClub in your inbox? Subscribe to the ResiClub newsletter. National active housing inventory for sale at the end of May 2025 was up 32% compared to May 2024. Thats just 12% below pre-pandemic levels in May 2019. However, while the national housing market has softened and inventory has surpassed 2019 pre-pandemic levels in some pockets of the Sun Belt, many housing markets remain far tighter than the national average. Pulling from ResiClubs monthly inventory tracker, we identified the tightest major housing markets heading into the spring 2025 season, where active inventory is still the furthest below pre-pandemic 2019 levels. These markets are where home sellers have maintained more power compared to most sellers nationwide. Among the nations 200 largest metro area housing markets, 32 markets (see table below) at the end of May 2025 still had at least 50% less active inventory than in May 2019. Thats lower than last months count, when 37 of the nations 200 largest metro area housing markets still had active inventory at least 50% below pre-pandemic 2019 levelsand down from 42 of the 200 the month before that. Many of those tight markets are in the Northeast, in particular, in states like New Jersey and Connecticut. Unlike the Sun Belt, many markets in the Northeast and Midwest were less reliant on pandemic-era migration and have fewer new home construction projects in progress. With lower exposure to the negative demand shock caused by the slowdown in pandemic-era migrationand fewer homebuilders in these regions offering affordability adjustments once rates spikedactive inventory in many Northeast and Midwest housing markets has remained relatively tight, maintaining a sellers advantage heading into spring 2025. !function(){"use strict";window.addEventListener("message",(function(a){if(void 0!==a.data["datawrapper-height"]){var e=document.querySelectorAll("iframe");for(var t in a.data["datawrapper-height"])for(var r,i=0;r=e[i];i++)if(r.contentWindow===a.source){var d=a.data["datawrapper-height"][t]+"px";r.style.height=d}}}))}();
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Gen Z, the youngest generation of workers, cares deeply about worklife balance. And, according to new research, that balance includes hook ups that happen during working hours. A new survey from EduBirdie of 2,000 Gen Zers examined the impact of working from home on the respondents sex lives. Nearly half (47%) said that remote work has improved their sex life. Likewise, one in three said that a return to the office would damage it, mostly due to having a less flexible schedule. Interestingly, 29% felt that returning to the office might actually improve their sex life. Perhaps because meeting people on the job could offer more opportunities for intimacy or even the prospect of an office romance.While once taboo, office romance is not something that turns Gen Z off, either. The youngest generation of workers wants to normalize romanceor even just sexin the workplace. An impressive 38% of Gen Zers admit they wish their workplace had a private space (like an on-call room?) for hookups or a little, erm, self love. That might be a hard sell to bosses. Normalizing sex at work could open the floodgates of performance issues (no, not like that) and distractibility. Not to mention, unwanted sexual advances. The latter is particularly worrisome given a staggering number of women still report being sexually harassed at work, despite the impact of the #MeToo movement. Still, Gen Z clearly believes if we can have breaks for cigarettes and mental health walks, why not sex? I mean, it could be a morale booster. Given that remote work has lent itself to more flexible schedules, Gen Z has come to rely on what that flexibility offers, which is majorly impactful. Long lunches, slow mornings, and sex breaks are just part of what Gen Z finds important. The youngest generation of workers has been adamant about how important finding meaning in their work is, prioritizing their mental health, and their overall worklife balance. Gen Z certainly sees a ton of benefits in working from home. But many also find fulfillment in heading to the office. According to the survey, 42% feel that being around others is good for them in that it improves confidence (ah, the miracle of getting out of the sweats, showering, and actually leaving the house).Therefore, while Gen Z appreciates that work-at-home life like the best of ’em, they’re not totally against leaving home. They just need a positive working environment that offers solid benefits, good vibes, solid flexibility and, well, the prospect of hooking up before they clock out.
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Love or hate AI, its reshaping how we apply to jobs. While nearly a third of job candidates think AI is hurting their job search, according to recent research from Career Group Companies, the same report found 62% of candidates using AI to write a résumé, cover letter, or writing sample for a job applicationup from 32% just six months ago. So if you cant beat em, how do you join them and use AI to write résumés that stand out in a sea of applications? Résumé writing experts say it’s important to avoid common pitfalls and know when a human touch is irreplaceable. Where AI shines The most common resume mistakes job seekers make is overlooking the fact that they need to make a good impression on hiring managers who are strangers, Marc Cenedella, founding CEO of Ladders, a résumé and career services company, pointed out. Résumés need to be clearly formatted and free from errors to help these strangers focus their attention on getting to know a candidate, what theyve already done, and what they could do in a new role. AI can help with the common, silly errors that end up hurting [candidates] in the job search, Cenedella said. Some of these errors can be fixed by simply asking AI to reformat or proofread a résumé. AI programs can also help change the tone or word choices in a résumé to match what a certain company is looking for. For people looking to switch jobs or enter a new field, AI can also make a good career coach, said Dana Leavy-Detrick, founder of Brooklyn Resume Studio. It can help brainstorm new roles that fit a candidates existing skill set, and it can analyze job postings to anticipate how a candidates résumé will stack up against the competition. AI can make it easier than ever to create a polished résumé. But with so many candidates using AI, résumé experts emphasize that human insight is still necessary for crafting a résumé that will stand out to hiring managers. What I’ve noticed is that the floor of resumes has gone up, said Keith Wolf, cofounder and CEO of ResumeSpice, a résumé consultation service. He pointed out hiring managers are seeing more okay résumés, those hed rate a 5/10. It’s really easy to go from a zero or two to a five [due to AI], but there are so many fives, he said Taking your résumé to the next level requires understanding how to differentiate yourself with a human touch. Where human insight matters Although AI is evolving rapidly it still cant communicate the full experience of a candidate the way a human-written résumé can. There are always nuances about your field and about the way humans talk about experiences that AI doesnt quite pick up on, Cenedella said. Using words that accurately describe a previous rolerather than just the words AI might come up withhelps lend credibility to a job seekers application. This concern about credibility and authenticity is particularly relevant given that as many as 10% of job seekers admit to having lied on their résumé, often using AI tools like Open AIs ChatGPT to do so, according to a recent survey from AI Resume Builder of nearly eight thousand U.S. adults. Its pretty easy to spot when somebodys used AI to just throw in a bunch of keywords and terminology that doesnt really relate to what we know somebody at that level would be doing, Cenedella said. Beyond capturing the nuance and correct terminology used in a job seekers field, AI may also struggle to keep up with changes in hiring processes. Recruiters preferences about résumé formatting and the types of applicant tracking systems they use are always changing, Wolf said, so its important to customize a résumé before sending it outeven when using AI. How to leverage AI For job seekers who want to use AI in their résumé writing process, résumé experts say its important not to expect its first attempt to be a perfect fit for the job you are applying to. Because AI relies on aggregating initial information, at best, you’re sounding like what’s already out there, Leavy-Detrick said. One way to avoid writing a generic résumé, Cenedella suggests, is to ask the AI program to answer questionssuch as, What are 10 pieces of advice for improving this résumé?from the standpoint of a recruiter. By asking the program to act as a recruiter in their field, job seekers can get more targeted suggestions. Another key piece of advice, Cenedella said, is to ask AI to help candidates quantify the impact they had in previous roles. Every job in every field on planet Earth in 2025 can be described in numbers, Cenedella added. Adding those numbers is an effective way to help recruiters understand a job seekers potential, and AI programs can suggest ways to seamlessly add these numbers into the résumé. Above all, the résumé experts suggested staying true to your own story and experiences throughout the job search, rather than letting AI take the reins. At the end of the day, what you’re doing is getting a story across, Leavy-Detrick says. You want to put your own voice on it. Trust your own voice, because [AI] can’t tell that story for you.
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