Robert Johnson, Morningstar’s associate director of economic analysis, talks about whether the economy really is improving, when unemployment may … Read more
Job Postings Rise as Market Surges on Better Than Expected News
There’s good news on this, the first day of June. The Conference Board reports this morning that online job postings rose last month by the largest … Read more
Job Losses Moderate. Is This An “Inflection Point?”
The job loss numbers released this morning, as deep as they are, nevertheless support the growing sense among economists and the public that the economy … Read more
If You Haven’t Laid People Off Yet, You Probably Won’t
From the department of maybe-things-are-getting-less-bad: “layoffs, hiring freezes, and salary freezes may have finally peaked” in the U.S., … Read more
Some Observers Think “Things May Be on the Verge of Picking Up”
While at least one economist, Martin Feldstein, is quite pessimistic about the chances for a U.S. economic recovery, others were more cheery today. Read more
Dismal Science
It’s not news to ERE readers that recruiting is a cyclical business, and that times are tough. This morning, Indeed released data that they are … Read more
Economy.com: U.S. Employment Forecast
Moody’s Economy.com released a forecast for employment in the United States for the next few years, and USA Today has done a phenomenal job at … Read more
Recruiters for Tax Cuts: Federal Spending Programs Is Not the Answer!
All of us have a stake in government decisions made to address the current economic climate. Whatever we do, the business community and investors need to … Read more
Worst Jobs Loss In 34 Years Doesn’t Faze Hopeful Wall Street
The worse-than-expected jobs report from the government today has so far done little to stimulate action on the stimulus bill that’s still in the … Read more
Bleak Jobs Report Offers No Hope For Early Recovery
With all due respect to Lou Adler, there’s not much evidence in today’s labor report that there’s any recovery in sight. Besides … Read more
Manpower Report Predicts Little Change in Hiring Next Quarter
If you think any plans to increase hiring is good news, then get yourself a copy of the Manpower quarterly employment outlook for 2009. (Link at bottom.) … Read more
More Bad News: Employment Falling Like a Stone
Elaine wrote about today’s Employment Report for ERE’s sister publication, The Fordyce Letter, and there’s no other way to put it — … Read more
Recruitment, HR Stocks Hit Harder Than Market
Recruitment stocks were no exception to the hammering stocks took today as investors worldwide drove down markets, sending a message to finance leaders … Read more
Genetski: Despite Economic Headlines, Recruiters Shouldn’t Freeze
Robert Genetski, a speaker at ERE’s conference next Spring in San Diego and whose financial forecasts have been spot on, says that if the U.S. … Read more
How Could We Lose 84,000 Jobs When Q2 GDP is up 3.3%?
OK, we lost 84k jobs, with June and July revised upward by 56k. Puzzling indeed with Q2 real (after inflation) GDP growth revised upward from 1% to 3.3%. … Read more
How Individual Recruiters Can Avoid Being Laid Off
During hard economic times, it’s survival of the fittest. Yet many corporate recruiters fail to understand or acknowledge the cyclical nature of our … Read more
New Economic Index Debuts On The Downside
There’s news – none of it good – from The Conference Board today. In conjunction with a new index it began issuing today, The Conference … Read more