Hiring by staffing and employment agencies continued its upward trajectory during April, but even the strong showing couldn’t overcome the generally … Read more
Jobs Report: U.S. Adds 243,000 Jobs, Unemployment Rate Drops Again
Strike up the band. Break out the confetti. The market’s going to love this. The U.S. unemployment rate dropped to 8.3 percent and non-farm jobs grew … Read more
ADP Report: 170k New Private Jobs In January
HR services company ADP says the U.S. added 170,000 private sector jobs in January, providing more evidence that while the economy isn’t backsliding, it … Read more
2011 Ends With Lowered Unemployment and 200,000 New Jobs
Surprising economists and putting an upbeat end to 2011, the U.S. unemployment rate declined to 8.5 percent in December while the economy added 200,000 new … 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
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
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
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
663,000 Jobs Lost in March
The nation’s unemployment rate rose from 8.1% to 8.5% in March. Since the recession began in December 2007, 5.1 million jobs have been lost, with … Read more
By the Numbers: Unemployment at 8.1% and Other Sad Figures
The United States has lost 4.4 million jobs since the recession began officially in December 2007, with the nation’s unemployment now hitting 8.1%. … Read more
Look Who’s Hiring!
For 39-year-old laid-off working mom Lisa Lopez, it took more than nine months of searching before she landed a new job in Florida. And you’ll never … Read more
Worst Month Since December 1974
Oh, what a month! The U.S. lost 533,000 jobs in November, the highest rate in 34 years (since 1974). This moves the nation’s unemployment rate to … Read more
Underemployment at 14-Year High
What is underemployment? According to a new report by the Economic Policy Institute, it now affects about 11% of our country’s workers. This includes … Read more