Workers looking for new jobs in the next 12 months may have more bargaining power than they realize. A new Labor Day report found employers are experiencing difficulty recruiting quality candidates and are willing to up the ante on job offers.
Looking back at the late 1990s, the U.S. job market was employee-driven. An abundance of job opportunities and lack in readily available talent fueled a heated competition amongst employers to secure new recruits. The situation changed with the emergence of a debilitating recession that

