Listeners, Seattle's job market is cooling with a 35% drop in postings since early 2020, second only to San Francisco, as Indeed reports amid tech layoffs at Amazon and Microsoft, higher interest rates, and AI shifts. Yet fresh opportunities popped up in the last week across education, legal, tech, and more. Seattle Colleges updated openings on December 9, highlighting new roles like Program Specialist 3 and Program Assistant in Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences at Seattle Central College, plus Intake and Outreach Specialist at South Seattle College. Part-timers include Tasting Room Associate and Greenhouse Coordinator at South Seattle, and student spots like Corporate Training Marketing Intern at district offices.Beacon Hill lists Seattle gigs from December 8-10: Real Estate Attorney at $80-95/hour part-time contract, Japanese Fluent Senior In-House Counsel at $90-103/hour full-time temp, Labor & Employment Attorney at $90-100/hour, Payroll Administrator at $38-42/hour permanent, and Senior Accounting Consultant at $40-50/hour.Palo Alto Networks posted cybersecurity jobs around December 10, including SASE Sales Specialist for Healthcare, Sr Staff Engineer Software Backend Prisma AIRS, Senior Product Designer UX/NetSec, and Territory Sales Manager in Seattle.Apple added Senior/Staff Applied ML Engineer for AI/ML Evaluation & Simulation on December 12.University of Washington has positions posted yesterday on Seattle Campus, with applications due by December 15.Despite the slowdown noted by Axios and state economist Paul Turek—shifting from jobs chasing people to people chasing jobs—healthcare and hospitality hold steady nationally. Randstad sees demand in tech, biotech, HR, and accounting. ZipRecruiter flags immediate USA and Christmas jobs from $19-94/hour.Listeners, polish your resume—these roles in education, law, cybersecurity, and AI are hiring now amid the chill. Check Seattle Colleges, Beacon Hill, Palo Alto Networks, Apple, and UW sites to apply fast. Seattle's innovation hub still sparks careers for adaptable talent.This content was created in partnership and with the help of Artificial Intelligence AI