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
Year Ends With Strong Jobs Growth But Economists Worry About Pay
Capping the end of the strongest 12 months of U.S. job growth since well before the recession, employers added 252,000 jobs in December as the unemployment … Read more
The Labor Market’s Better, But Not Yet Out of the Woods
After years of sluggish and uneven employment growth, 2014 marked a crucial year in the U.S. economy. Hiring has quickened its pace enough to help shift … Read more
Your Best Candidates Might Be Searching for Part-time Jobs
Looking for STEM talent? Struggling with a skills gap? Your best candidates might be searching for part-time jobs. You see, popular coverage of the role of … Read more
August Job Growth Slows; Just a Summer Dip?
The hand-wringing over today’s ADP private employment report should not be taken as evidence of any kind of sudden reversal of hiring. The 204,000 … Read more
With More Hiring Forecast, Fill Time and Recruiting Difficulty are Rising
Employers are expressing more optimism about the future and it’s showing in their hiring plans for the rest of this year. CareerBuilder’s … Read more
‘Job Gains Were Widespread’ in June, Says U.S. Govt
The foreshadowing from yesterday turned prescient. That bad-weather, bad-economic-news first part of the year behind us, June saw job gains in a variety of … Read more