{"id":40843,"date":"2025-12-15T13:51:23","date_gmt":"2025-12-15T13:51:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/agooka.com\/news\/usa\/like-it-or-not-the-end-of-the-year-doesnt-mean-letting-off-the-gas\/"},"modified":"2025-12-15T13:51:23","modified_gmt":"2025-12-15T13:51:23","slug":"like-it-or-not-the-end-of-the-year-doesnt-mean-letting-off-the-gas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/agooka.com\/news\/usa\/like-it-or-not-the-end-of-the-year-doesnt-mean-letting-off-the-gas\/","title":{"rendered":"Like it or not, the end of the year doesn&#8217;t mean letting off the gas"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i.insider.com\/69025d8f0be9845f2dc553de?format=jpeg\" alt=\"Three check boxes and two people shaking hands on the third one\"\/><figcaption>\n<p>Getty Images; Tyler Le\/BI<\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<ul>\n<li><em>This post originally appeared in the Business Insider Today newsletter.<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>You can sign up for <\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.businessinsider.com\/subscription\/newsletter\/insider-today\" rel=\"noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"><em>Business Insider&#039;s daily newsletter here<\/em><\/a><em>.<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Don&#039;t say bah humbug to applying to jobs during the holiday season.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>It&#039;s easy to feel like a Scrooge about the job market these days. At this point, you might think you&#039;ll need a Christmas miracle to get hired in the waning moments of 2025.<\/p>\n<p>But unlike Santa Claus, your chances of getting hired in December are real, writes BI&#039;s Sarah E. Needleman.<\/p>\n<p>I don&#039;t mean to be a Grinch by telling you to spend your holidays applying for jobs. I get the feeling of wanting to shut it down for the year and give it a go in 2026. After all, it&#039;s been a brutal year for job seekers.<\/p>\n<p>But recruiters and hiring managers told Sarah they&#039;re not slowing down, so neither should you. In some cases, they need to rush through hirings or risk losing any remaining budget for the year.<\/p>\n<p>Also, what&#039;s the alternative? Wait until the New Year? That just means even more competition as people reevaluate their jobs after bonus season. There&#039;s also the risk of another wave of layoffs to kick off the new year, which will increase the candidate pool.<\/p>\n<p>So set aside the eggnog for a bit and keep plugging away on those applications. Take it from me, it can happen.<\/p>\n<p>My Business Insider work anniversary? December 10.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Job hunting isn&#039;t the only thing you shouldn&#039;t hold off on until the New Year.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>At the risk of sounding like a cringey LinkedIn influencer, the best time to do something is yesterday; the second-best time is now.<\/p>\n<p>Here are three other things you can check off your to-do list before midnight on December 31:<\/p>\n<p><strong>A new home for the holidays.<\/strong> The holidays can be a great time to go home shopping. In fact, according to one real-estate investor and agent, you could get a better deal. A few days before Christmas is her favorite time to submit an offer because the seller could be distracted or keen to wrap things up before year&#039;s end.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Invest <em>then<\/em> rest. <\/strong>If you&#039;re investing for the long haul \u2014 which, let&#039;s be honest, is the only way you should be investing \u2014 the end of the year could be a good time to dive in. Certain investment vehicles, like IRAs, have limits on yearly contributions, meaning you can load up before starting fresh next month.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Silver (dumb)bells. <\/strong>Gyms in January are a mess. Front-run the New Year&#039;s resolution crowd and start getting your workouts in now. The last few weeks of December are my favorite: It&#039;s mostly empty, and the people there are the gym rats who are always the friendliest. Get a lay of the land before people start doing curls in the squat rack on January 2.<\/p>\n<p>Read the original article on Business Insider<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Getty Images; Tyler Le\/BI This post originally appeared in the Business Insider Today newsletter. You can sign up for Business Insider&#039;s daily newsletter here. Don&#039;t say bah humbug to applying to jobs during the holiday season. It&#039;s easy to feel like a Scrooge about the job market these days. 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