How to Stay Ahead at Work as Tariffs Rattle Job Market: Wealth

Show up. Show your value. Do more. Don’t complain. And do everything you can to keep your job.

That’s the advice I got after calling financial and career experts this week to ask what people should do if they’re worried about the shaky labor market. There’s a lot of workplace anxiety out there right now, with fears of a tariff-induced recession, hiring freezes and layoffs mounting.

“Across the board, there’s no guarantee that any job can be ‘safe’,” said Priya Rathod, a Dallas-based career expert at Indeed. “But there are ways you can really emphasize the value that you bring ...