The Summer Ramp That Fell Short
In June the jobs report showed restaurants shedding work. Across one applicant-tracking network — 97% of this corpus — the food-service share of new postings fell short of its normal climb into summer. A modest, carefully bounded shortfall, and five companies behind much of the map.
July 13, 2026 | the alldone.jobs research desk
A small set of continuously updated series, named and versioned the way a citable statistic needs to be, rather than folded into an article and forgotten. Snapshot of July 12, 2026.
AI-Exposed Posting Share
National + top metros · Weekly
New-postings share in high-AI-exposure occupations, defined by the Eloundou exposure scores joined at SOC.
Publishes its first reading once the corpus panel clears validation.
Food-Service Posting Share
National (DirectEmployers network) · Monthly
New-postings share in food-service occupations, shown against the CES seasonal norm rather than as a raw count, triangulated across three independent definitions.
- Feb ·
- 3.31%
- Mar ·
- 4.92%
- Apr
- 3.68%
- May
- 3.03%
- Jun
- 3.33%
≥2-of-3 food-service share. Over the primary window (Apr–Jun 2026, in ink) the share fell short of its normal seasonal climb — 3.68% → 3.03% → 3.33% where the season called for a slight rise (-0.35 pts net). A modest, direction-only shortfall, sensitive to how duplicate postings are counted. February and March (muted) are greyed context. Scoped to the DirectEmployers network.
More field notes will appear here as the corpus grows.