The private sector added 214,000 new workers last month, according to this morning’s ADP National Employment Report. The increase handily beat … Read more
Monster Stock Plummets On Prediction Of Slow Quarter
Monster reported its year-end financial results this morning. The results were a mixed bag: Revenue was lower than expected, but earnings of 12 cents a … Read more
Your Career Site Is Your Most Important Recruiting Channel
If you take away just one lesson from the CandE research report from the Talent Board — and just one would be a mistake — it’s this: … Read more
Payrolls Up in January, But Not As Much As Expected
For the first time in eight years the unemployment rate has fallen below below 5 percent, a sign the U.S. economy still has strength even if job growth in … Read more
Private Sector Hiring Slowed in January
After an especially strong hiring surge in December, job growth cooled off a bit in January, as private employers added 205,000 jobs, according to HR … Read more
They’re Not Job Hoppers, But Your Millennials Are Getting Ready to Leave
It’s not true that your millennials are more likely to job hop than the generations they succeeded, but it is true they are likely already looking … Read more
The Fordyce Letter to Cease Publication
Editor’s Note: FordyceLetter.com will cease publication at the end of business January 29. The website will remain online as it is now during a … Read more
Tests Are Better at Hiring Than You
When hiring managers and recruiters use their discretion to overrule the results of assessment tests, their hires do less well than workers selected … Read more
New OFCCP Pay Transparency Rules In Effect
The nascent trend toward pay transparency has a friend in the U.S. government, which now prohibits its contractors from discriminating against or punishing … Read more
Forecast: Temp Hiring to Pick Up This Quarter
After slowing for four consecutive quarters, demand for temporary workers is predicted to increase in this first quarter of the year. The Palmer … Read more