A declining Employment Trends Index is signaling job growth stagnation lasting through the end of the year, says The Conference Board. The Index, released … Read more
Job Boards Down Double Digits As Financial Markets Tank
HR stocks are getting hammered far harder than the broader financial markets, as the global selloff that began a week ago resumed today. HR stocks are … Read more
July Jobs Report Offers Some Relief After a Week of Bad News
With Wall Street braced for the worst, the U.S. Labor Department had good news this morning. The U.S. economy added 117,000 jobs in July and the … Read more
Wow! LinkedIn Doubles Revenue, Turns a Profit
Wall Street may have tanked. The global markets may be in a shambles. But LinkedIn is proving you can roll uphill. Fresh off its May IPO, the company … Read more
Surprise! LinkedIn Doubles Revenue, Turns a Profit
Wall Street may have tanked. The global markets may be in a shambles. But LinkedIn is proving you can roll uphill. Fresh off its May IPO, the company … Read more
Will Google Hire Matt Epstein? Would You?
Matt Epstein really wants a job at Google. Really. He wants to work for the company so much he’s launched a silly, almost ridiculous “Hire … Read more
Private Employers Added Jobs in July, But Other Reports Suggest Stalling Economy
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
Are You Guilty of Recruiting Cliche Images?
Have you seen these people? The ones in the picture to the right? If you have, immediately call the marketing police and report their location. They are on … Read more
Health Technology Company Reducing Big Job Board Spending, Boosting Social Media
A Massachusetts company with about 1,400 employees ended its contract with a large, national job board, and is allocating — as the graphic shows … 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