With every good intention, American employers are honoring the nation’s military veterans today with promises of jobs and redoubled recruiting … Read more
Good News and Bad News: Unemployment Is Down, But Job Growth Is Short of Estimates
The unemployment rate nudged down, but new jobs in October fell short of what economists expected, according to numbers released this morning by the U.S. … Read more
Recruiter Analytics Are Not Just For HR Anymore
“We still have our work cut out for us in convincing companies how important it is to take a business intelligence mindset within HR.” That … Read more
ADP Report: Private Sector Jobs Continued Slow Growth in August
If you subscribe to the notion that any growth in jobs is good, then today’s report from ADP will be encouraging. The payroll processor said 91,000 … Read more
July Jobs Report: Some Relief After a Week of Bad News
With Wall Street braced for the worst, the U.S. Labor Department had good news this morning. The U.S. economy added 117,000 jobs in July and the … Read more
Private Sector Jobs Up for July, Though Other Reports Suggest Stalling Economy
Payroll processor ADP says 114,000 private sector jobs were created in July, a number inline, if on the high side, with what economists expected. All but … Read more
June Jobs Report: Not What We Expected
Expectations that the seesawing U.S. economy might be stabilizing were cruelly dashed this morning with the release of official numbers showing a mere … Read more
Private Sector Job Growth Handily Beats Estimates, Buoys Markets
News yesterday morning that new private sector jobs quadrupled in June over May’s anemic 36,000, while new unemployment claims dropped by far more … Read more
Not Much Improvement Expected in June Jobs Report
Indeed’s monthly job trends numbers are out, and if they are any indication of what’s ahead this week when official employment numbers are … Read more
Change Your Name and You Might Become a CEO
Here’s a little tidbit from LinkedIn that might help you answer a Jeopardy question or fill the conversational lull between discussing the Dodgers … Read more
CareerBuilder Tool Can Show You Where the Fish Are Biting
Navistar builds trucks and buses, military vehicles and engines and chassis. Its equipment is tough and rugged with names to match; Workhorse, MaxxForce, … Read more
Surprising Economic Reports Help Lift U.S. Stocks
With the world’s investors worrying about Japan’s nuclear problems and rebellions of all sorts in the Mideast, the U.S. enjoyed a little good … Read more
Unemployment Rate Drops, But Few Jobs Added
The U.S. unemployment rate dropped sharply in January to 9.0 percent, but the economy added only 36,000 non-farm jobs during the month, the smallest number … Read more
Celebrating Successes: Arlington Resources, Inc.
My name is Patty Casey, and I am the President of Arlington Resources, Inc. in Rolling Meadows, IL, which specializes in the placement of Human Resources … Read more
Disconnect Between Job Seeker and Employer Expectations
Today, TalentDrive, an online resume aggregation search engine, released the results from its “Job Market Perceptions” survey. The findings uncover a … Read more
ASA: Spike in Temporary Jobs Hits 20-Year High
The American Staffing Association claims that continued growth in temporary help bodes well for overall job growth, a nod to the latest job numbers … Read more
Unemployment Drops On Lowest Job Loss in 2 Years
Rejoice. Do a happy dance. Say “Hallelujah.” Again. “Hallelujah.” The unemployment rate has dropped to 10 percent. Job losses for … Read more
Stanton Chase: Insights on the 9.7% Unemployment Rate
The unemployment rate hit a 26-year high, reaching 9.7% in August. That’s even more disappointing news considering that in July, the unemployment rate … Read more
2009 Recruiter Economic Survey with Barb Bruno Commentary
Is the economy rebounding? Friday’s latest jobs report shows the July unemployment at 9.4%, down from 9.5% in June. American employers cut just … Read more
Job Losses Continue To Mount, Pushing Unemployment to 8.5%
The Bureau of Labor Statistics played spoil-sport this morning, raining on Wall Street’s parade with a jobs report that said unemployment has … Read more