Foreigners’ Interest in US Job Postings Slumps in Indeed Data

The burst of foreign interest in US jobs following the Covid-19 pandemic has all but vanished, a shift that threatens to exacerbate labor shortages in industries such as health care.

The share of clicks on US job listings coming from people outside the country was almost 30% lower in March than at its August 2023 peak, according to a report Tuesday from the Indeed Hiring Lab.

The gauge, which Indeed says can foreshadow actual migration flows, has now slipped to its March 2019 reading, essentially erasing the post-pandemic boom. White-collar occupations bore the brunt as interest from science, technology, engineering ...