The Job Market Looks Bleak, Unless You’re in the Corner Office

For most job seekers, opportunities are drying up. Hiring has slowed from the the past two years, and headlines about layoffs are piling up.

But at the top of the corporate ladder, openings remain plentiful.

C-suite executives are still being actively recruited, analysts and search firms said, based on turnover rates. A mix of burnout, retirement and performance pressure is driving some of the churn, while activist investors, artificial intelligence adoption and a pickup in deals are also prompting boards to rethink who they want at the helm.

So far this year, there have been 176 incoming chief executive officers ...