More than half the employers in three of the four of the world’s biggest developing nation economies say they’ll be adding staff in 2013, a … Read more
December’s 155K New Jobs Are What Economists Expected
The U.S. economy continued to chug along in December, much as economists were expecting, adding 155,000 jobs, while holding unemployment at 7.8 percent. … Read more
Hiring Outlook for 2013: Slow, Cautious
The employment outlook here at the start of 2013 is a lot like it was just last week at the end of 2012: cautious, slow, but with a few areas — high … Read more
Employment Up; Unemployment Down In Most States
The U.S. employment picture is looking decidedly brighter at the end of 2012 than it did a year ago. For its final report of the year, the Bureau of Labor … Read more
Consumer Confidence Slows Ahead of Friday’s Labor Report
Improvements in consumer’s confidence about the economy slowed last month, as the leading indices were up, but only slightly from October. The … Read more
Fed Says Even With ‘Modest Hiring,’ Worker Shortages Occurring
The Federal Reserve says hiring activity in the nation generally has improved in the last several weeks particularly in some of the high tech and … Read more
No Surprises Expected in Government Jobs Report Friday
Hurricane Sandy, which lashed the mid-Atlantic states this week, won’t delay the U.S. Department of Labor from releasing its October jobs and … Read more
Big Drop In Unemployment Rate, Though Only 114,000 New Jobs
The unemployment rate in the U.S. fell to 7.8 percent in September, the first time it has been below 8 percent since January 2009. The sharp decrease comes … Read more
Tired of Bickering Politicians? Deloitte Report Offers Some Centrist Ideas for U.S. Competitiveness
A new report from Deloitte, one that’s hard to characterize as liberal or conservative, offers some ways to address the U.S. unemployment problem and … Read more
Experts Predict: Half Your Workforce Will Be Temps
The world is suddenly waking up to the discovery that employers are bringing on temp and contract workers at a pace that will soon surpass the peak numbers … Read more