A help wanted sign at an insurance office in Elgin, Ill., in March, 2022. Job openings rose 191,000 to 7.391 million by the last day of April, the U.S. Labour Department said Tuesday.

US job openings rose unexpectedly in May, a sign that the American labour market remains resilient in the face of high borrowing costs and uncertainty over US economic policy. US employers posted 7.8 ...