[zcdziura]

That's because people have been resigning from their old jobs and switching to different ones.

[IshKebab]

Wikipedia has a graph of actual resignation rates for the US: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Resignation

They are... slightly higher than normal. "Great" is clearly an exaggeration.

I agree with gentleman11. The news often clings on to and exaggerates ideas that sound interesting and reasonable but aren't actually happening to any notable degree.

[fnordpiglet]

Additionally if you resign and are not looking for work you don’t count as unemployed. Unemployment rates are calculated only for people actively looking for employment.