After three months of holding steady, the U.S. unemployment rate took a surprise jump last month, rising to 9.8 percent. It had been at 9.6 percent. At the … Read more
Largest Employment Increase in Three Years
With two new economic reports today showing hiring growing faster than expected and worker productivity up, the evidence supporting a U.S. recovery is … Read more
Early Reports Support Economic Recovery Hopes
With apologies to Meredith Willson: It’s beginning to look a lot like recovery. Today’s reports all show. Take a look at the confidence, … Read more
Some Economic News to Add to Your Thanksgiving List
On the eve of America’s annual day of Thanksgiving, there’s at least some better economic news to toast than what we’ve seen in a while. … Read more
Employers Think Vets Are Great. They Just Don’t Hire Them
Amidst the rah-rah news yesterday about the drop in unemployment claims, little notice was paid to another one of the data points in the weekly report … Read more
Strong Jobs Report Shows Private Sector Picking Up Steam
In a stunning reversal of fortune, the U.S. economy added 159,000 private sector jobs in October, the U.S.Bureau of Labor Statistics reported this morning. … Read more
Jobs Numbers Seesaw as U.S. Awaits BLS Report
Yesterday we had the Yin (or was it the Yang?) of economic data, offering some hope that the U.S. is indeed climbing out of the jobs hole of the last two … Read more
ADP Says October Private Jobs Growth Better Than Expected
The U.S. economy added 43,000 private sector jobs in October, almost twice what economists were expecting. The news from ADP’s monthly National … Read more
Unemployment Claims At Lowest Point Since July
Initial claims for unemployment dropped last week, surprising economists who had expected to see a modest increase. Instead, the U.S. Department of Labor … Read more
New Reports Offer View of Coming Global Workforce Challenges
Three years from now can seem like geologic time for so many global companies still picking their way through today’s economic morass. Yet HR leaders … Read more