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Employers Report A 4 Week Window Between Job Interview And Offer
13/04/2013 Comments Off on Employers Report A 4 Week Window Between Job Interview And Offer
How long can a new college graduate expect to wait for that first big job offer after an interview? If a job offer is extended, how long will he or she have to accept or reject it? The National Association of Colleges and Employers (NACE) 2012 Recruiting Benchmarks Survey found that, on average, employers hiring […]
Continue reading …Engineering Dominates Top-Paying Majors
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Geeks rule when it comes to starting salaries for new college graduates. Engineering majors claimed seven spots on the list of top 10 highest paying majors for 2012-13 bachelor’s degree graduates, according to the National Association of Colleges and Employers April 2013 Salary Survey. You can make all the nerd jokes you want, but these […]
Continue reading …Party On Class Of 2013: Real World Offers Dim Job Prospects, Low Wages
12/04/2013 Comments Off on Party On Class Of 2013: Real World Offers Dim Job Prospects, Low Wages
Bummer job prospects and deflating wages await most of the graduating class of 2013, a new report finds. The Great Recession and its aftermath have decimated job prospects and earnings for young workers, a new Economic Policy Institute (EPI) report shows. In The Class of 2013: Young Graduates Still Face Dim Job Prospects, EPI researchers Heidi […]
Continue reading …Americans See Best Quality Job Market In U.S. In Five Years
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By Dennis Jacobe, Gallup Chief Economist– Twenty-six percent of Americans say now is a good time to find a quality job — the highest since March 2008. This is also up from 22% in March and from 21% a year ago, but not much different than the 25% who said the same in January. At the […]
Continue reading …What Employers Want – Top 10 Skills For Job Candidates
11/04/2013 Comments Off on What Employers Want – Top 10 Skills For Job Candidates
What makes an ideal job candidate? Of course, top candidates need to have the requisite major and GPA, and relevant work experience, but it’s their soft skills that make them ideal. In terms of the skills that differentiate candidates, employers responding to the National Association of Colleges and Employers’ Job Outlook 2013 say they want […]
Continue reading …Infographic: Number People Working At Home Increasing
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In 2010, 4.2 million more people are working at home than a decade before, according to a report from the U.S. Census Bureau. Home-Based Workers in the United States: 2010 contains findings from the Survey of Income and Program Participation and the American Community Survey. The combined analysis provides timely and comprehensive statistics on people […]
Continue reading …Mega-Commuters: 600,000 Workers Have 90-Minute Or More Commute
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By ROBERT SCALLY— I was once among an elite corps of mega-commuters. As defined by the U.S. Census Bureau, mega-commuters are about 600,000 full-time American workers who commute at least 90 minutes and 50 miles to get to work. About 8.1% of U.S. workers have commutes of 60 minutes or longer, according to a new […]
Continue reading …Major Commuting Patterns Of American Workers
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Workers living in New York state have the highest rate of long-distance commuting with 16.2%, according to a new Census Bureau report on commuting. New York is followed by Maryland and New Jersey at 14.8% and 14.6%, respectively. Commuting Across County Lines More than a fourth of all U.S. workers commute outside the county where […]
Continue reading …Child Care Costs Doubled In Past 25 Years, Census Bureau Reports
09/04/2013 Comments Off on Child Care Costs Doubled In Past 25 Years, Census Bureau Reports
Here’s another reason the wage gap between men and women makes life more difficult: The cost of child care. Child care costs have nearly doubled in the last 25 years while the percentage of families paying for child care declined, according to a U.S. Census Bureau report Who’s Minding the Kids? Child Care Arrangements: Spring […]
Continue reading …Wage Gap Between Men And Women Statistically Stagnant
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From the National Committee on Pay Equity: The wage gap between men an women remained statistically unchanged in the last year. Women’s earnings were 77% of men’s in 2011, compared to 77.4% in 2010, according to Census statistics released September 12, 2012, based on the median earnings of all full-time, year-round workers. Men’s earning in 2011 were $48,202 and women’s were […]
Continue reading …- Celebrating the Resilience of Low-Income Women
- CEOs Get to Retire Comfortably. Workers Like Me Deserve the Same.
- Jobs Increased 339,000 In May, Unemployment Up 0.3% To 3.7%
- The decline of job creation at new establishments
- Contractor faces 2 serious citations after US Department of Labor finds safety failures led to welder’s death at Bonner Bridge demolition project
- Investigation into worker’s severe arm injury finds Cusseta auto parts manufacturer, supplier willfully ignored safety precautions
- ‘It’s a sweat factory’: Instacart workers ready to strike for pay and conditions
- Ships backed up outside US ports pumping out pollutants as they idle
- Privacy fears as Moscow metro rolls out facial recognition pay system
- ‘We are not machines’: Hollywood workers poised to strike for better conditions
- Boeing pilot indicted for allegedly deceiving US regulators over 737 Max
- Ipswich apprentice butcher encourages others to consider industry
- Ipswich apprentice butcher encourages others to consider industry
- Over 10,000 John Deere workers strike over ‘years’ of poor treatment
- Corporations are pledging to be ‘water positive’. What does that mean?
- US Department of Labor investigation of crane collapse, double fatality on Interstate 10 finds Lufkin company failed to assemble crane properly
- For the 6th time in 7 years, federal inspectors find Illinois contractor putting construction workers at risk of industry’s deadliest hazard
- US Department of Labor proposes $83K in fines to healthcare facility for failing to protect workers from coronavirus hazards
- Facebook says it will do more to prevent online hate, harassment
- As U.S. prepares to reopen border, some urge Canada to relax testing requirement
- Biden orders companies to ease supply chain bottlenecks or he’ll ‘call them out’
- What is the ‘new model’ the EU is proposing for Northern Ireland?
- Apple to make 10 million fewer iPhones due to microchip shortage
- US Department of Labor, Mexican Consulate in Boston enter alliance to promote workplace safety, health among New England’s workers
- US Department of Labor sues Austin luxury car dealer that retaliated against employee who raised concerns of coronavirus hazards
- Vaccine hesitant New Yorkers consider leaving the city as mandates take effect
- Carbon emissions ‘will drop just 40% by 2050 with countries’ current pledges’
- House passes bill to raise US debt ceiling through early December
- ‘The stakes couldn’t be higher’: GE urged to invest in green US jobs
- Zellers returns — kind of — but the lowest price isn't quite the law
- Cement makers across world pledge large cut in emissions by 2030
- India faces electricity crisis as coal supplies run critically low
- California justice department to investigate enormous oil spill