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
Pessimism Growing in Advance of July Jobs Report
Now that the drama queens in Washington seem (see “It ain’t over till it’s over”) to have reached a debt-ceiling compromise we can … Read more
Summer Hiring For Teens Looking Up, But Most Go Without
More teenagers found summer jobs in June than at any time since 2007. Global outplacement firm Challenger, Gray & Christmas says June saw 785,000 16-19 … Read more
Economy: Heal Thyself Is a Foolhardy Approach
Following the release of the June unemployment figures, House Speaker John Boehner released a statement that began with: “The American people are still … Read more
June Not a Complete Loss, But July Gets Cisco Layoff Rumors
Layoff news today about Cisco and and better news from The Conference Board. The latter says June wasn’t the complete disaster it might seem from the … Read more
June Jobs Report Worse Than 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
This morning’s news 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
Steady But Cautious Hiring Ahead For U.S.
Manpower says the U.S. can expect to steady, if cautious, hiring in the third quarter of the year. Based on what the approximately 18,000 U.S. employers … Read more
Job Growth: Lots of Optimism, But No Certainty
Bewildered about the direction employment is taking? Join the club. Between the official reports, the private ones, and all manner of surveys, you can … Read more