How quickly things change. My last post mentioned that salaries are not expected to increase much in 2021. Now it appears wage pressures, caused by … Read more
Labor Market: Deceptions and Explanations Behind the Unemployment Rate
The unemployment rate has dropped to 6.9% from 7.9% in October as the economy added 906,000 jobs. While that is encouraging news, the unemployment rate is … Read more
Best Hire Ever: Katrina Kibben on Writing Great Job Postings in a Pandemic
In Episode 9 of Best Hire Ever, Kris Dunn chats with Katrina Kibben, CEO and Founder of Three Ears Media, on the value of great job postings and marketing … Read more
Labor Market: Rebounding Out of the Darkness
The economy is improving. Don’t believe me. Believe the numbers:: 4.8 million jobs added in June as the unemployment rate declined to 11.1% from 13.3% in … Read more
Rocky Road: The Labor Market Will Be in Crisis for a Long Time
In September 1945 the U.S. economy lost almost 2 million jobs as the military demobilized after the end of WWII. This April, the economy lost over ten … Read more
Job Ads Should Focus on Proof, Not Promotion
It’s almost a cliche to say at this point that the pandemic is an opportune time to re-examine a host of recruitment practices. Still, this is … Read more
Blue Collar Blues: Recruiting Manufacturing Workers
Manufacturing in America is huge. Over the last 20 years manufacturing output has increased by almost 40 percent, and the annual value of production by … Read more
Average Time to fill Takes Big Drop In May. But Is It Temporary?
It took an average of 27.6 working days to fill a job in May, according to the latest data from career site publisher DHI Group. That’s the fewest … Read more
The Big Squeeze: Too Much Money and Too Few People Means Recruiters Will Struggle
Recruiters in the U.S. can expect to be busy filling a lot of jobs in the coming years. What makes this likely are the massive amounts of money flowing … Read more
Good, But Not Good Enough: Matching Workers with High-growth Jobs
In the six years since the global financial crisis, the U.S. economy has gained much of the economic strength that was lost in the recession. In the last … Read more
U.S. Jobs Report Gives Labor Market Bulls Room to Run
Today’s jobs report revealed strong gains for the U.S. workforce, but more importantly, the data shows there’s more room for this labor market to grow. The … Read more
2016 Forecasts and Predictions: More Hiring, Higher Wages, Longer Fill Times
Death and taxes may be the only certainties in life, though new year forecasts and predictions have to be close seconds. 2016 is no exception. Here’s … Read more
Forecasts All Agree: More Hiring Ahead
With the economy continuing to improve, more employers now say they plan to add headcount than said that last year or even as recently as six months ago. … Read more
Hiring Momentum Improved In May With Gain of 280,000 Jobs
Hiring momentum continued to grow in May as employers added 280,000 new jobs, surprising economists who had been expecting far less aggressive hiring. It … Read more
Small Businesses Create Bulk of May’s New 201K Jobs
Small businesses, especially mom & pops, again were the employment powerhouse, in May accounting for more than half the 201,000 new private sector … Read more
Jobs Rebounded in April as Unemployment Drops
Hiring rebounded last month as employers added 223,000 new workers to U.S. payrolls, providing relief for worries of a jobs slowdown. The increase was well … Read more
Early Jobs Report Suggests April Was Another Slow Month
Worried investors sent stocks lower today after ADP said private employers added 167,000 jobs in April, the smallest increase in 16 months and well below … Read more
March Has Smallest Job Gain in More Than a Year
U.S. employers slowed hiring in March to the smallest gains since December 2013, adding a mere 126,000 jobs, far below the 245,000-250,000 predicted by … Read more
Economists Wonder: Is Job Growth Slowing?
Is job growth slowing? Economists are asking that question after ADP’s monthly National Employment Report this morning said that 189,000 private … Read more
February Job Boom Adds 295K While Unemployment Drops to 5.5%
Ignoring predictions of a February hiring slowdown, U.S. employers added a robust 295,000 new workers to their payrolls, bringing down the unemployment … Read more