America’s hottest labor market is located in Phoenix, where about 325,100 jobs have been created since 2002, or the equivalent of 1,250 per week. And … Read more
J-School Grads Enter Flatter Market
The job market is stalling for graduates of U.S. journalism and mass communication programs after two years of robust growth. According to the Annual … Read more
Corporate Relocation Services Affect Retention, Study Says
Moving, possibly one of life’s most stressful experiences, can be even more painful when uprooting to a new location for employment reasons. For your … Read more
Freelancers and the Limited IT Talent Pipeline
Johns Hopkins Institute for Policy Studies recently surveyed 790 nonprofits and found that only 37% have been trying to recruit IT personnel. However, of … Read more
Business Leads Entry-Level Jobs; Base Pay Stays Modest
The top five industries for entry-level workers, according to MonsterTRAK, will be filled by graduating students with diverse interests and unconventional … Read more
Countrywide’s See-Saw: Employee Base Up 1,159 as Shares Plummet 13%
When the Dow closed below 13,000 Wednesday afternoon, amid bad housing news and a surge in the price of oil, Countrywide Financial’s new workers were … Read more
Goodbye, Smudge: Online Clobbers Ink Ads by 2011, Report Says
Online advertising will be bigger than newspaper advertising in the United States by 2011, according to a new forecast by Veronis Suhler Stevenson, a … Read more
Is 55 the New 25 for Workers?
Just when you thought all the good boomers were gone, a new report suggests just the opposite. According to the nonpartisan Employee Benefit Research … Read more
Housing-Related Job Cuts Soar
It’s pretty evident that the housing slump isn’t going to bounce back any time soon. This is despite worried homeowners drastically lowering … Read more
1 in 5 HR Directors Measure Training ROI, Study Shows
About 60% of human resources development departments within global companies believe it is possible to measure the return on investment of their employee … Read more