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Employment Report: Unemployment Unchanged, Workers Still Discouraged, No New Jobs
01/02/2013 Comments Off on Employment Report: Unemployment Unchanged, Workers Still Discouraged, No New Jobs
Employment in America is still stagnate. New employment data from Bureau of Labor Statistics show the job market remains sluggish and is smaller than five years ago. Total nonfarm payroll employment increased by 157,000 in January. The unemployment rate was unchanged at 7.9%, and has been at or near that level since September 2012, the U.S. […]
Continue reading …SHRM: February 2013 Hiring Expected to Jump in Manufacturing and Services
31/01/2013 Comments Off on SHRM: February 2013 Hiring Expected to Jump in Manufacturing and Services
The manufacturing and service sectors are expected to increase hiring in February 2013 compared to one year ago according to a report from the Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM). The report shows that the service-sector hiring rate will rise for the seventh consecutive month compared with a year ago. The manufacturing-sector hiring rate will rise for […]
Continue reading …Fake Skills Shortage: Workers Have Skills But Lack Jobs & Fair Wages
24/01/2013 Comments Off on Fake Skills Shortage: Workers Have Skills But Lack Jobs & Fair WagesFake skills shortage: American business is finding it harder to hide behind the excuse that there simply aren’t enough workers with certain skills. Writing in the New York Times Magazine, Adam Davidson (founder of the Planet Money podcast and NPR radio show) deconstructs the so-called “skills gap.” Turns out it’s a fake skills shortage. Reasons […]
Continue reading …Social Media Job Search & Recruiting, An Infographic Tour: Pictures Worth Tons Of Words
22/01/2013 Comments Off on Social Media Job Search & Recruiting, An Infographic Tour: Pictures Worth Tons Of Words
During 2012, 92% of U.S. companies used social media to recruit and hire employees. It’s safe to say that social media is here to stay and, by extension, job search and employee recruiting using using the very same media. This infographic collection illustrates how social media has thoroughly penetrated and insinuated itself into the wide […]
Continue reading …WOW’s Awesome Social Media Job Search Advice For 2013
21/01/2013 Comments Off on WOW’s Awesome Social Media Job Search Advice For 2013
There’s free job search advice aplenty on the Internet, most of it worth exactly what you pay for it – nothing. There are also plenty of breathless stories in the media with absurd headlines like this one: 5 Powerful Career Drivers for The Future of Work Why do you need this advice? Why is this […]
Continue reading …Infographic: Employees Ready To Move. Are Companies Ready To Keep Them?
18/01/2013 Comments Off on Infographic: Employees Ready To Move. Are Companies Ready To Keep Them?
Ah, engagement and retention. It’s that time of year when employees are restless and sniffing around for new jobs. As the economy improves, many employers will face the challenge of hiring and keeping top employees with the right skills. What motivates employees and keeps them engaged in their jobs? This infographic dissects employees’ intentions in […]
Continue reading …Another JOLTS And Still Not Enough Job Openings, EPI Study Shows
11/01/2013 Comments Off on Another JOLTS And Still Not Enough Job Openings, EPI Study Shows
By HEIDI SHIERHOLZ, Economic Policy Institute— The November Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey (JOLTS), released Jan. 10, 2013 by the Bureau of Labor Statistics, shows job openings were essentially flat in November, at 3.7 million (up by 11,000). The number of job openings, which had been improving fairly steadily since reaching its low of 2.2 million in […]
Continue reading …Robert Half 2013 Salary Guides Highlight Salary Trends, Jobs In Demand
11/10/2012 Comments Off on Robert Half 2013 Salary Guides Highlight Salary Trends, Jobs In Demand
If you land a new technology-related job in 2012 in the United States, you can expect a salary boost of 5.3%, according to the 2013 Salary Guides from the staffing firm Robert Half International. U.S. starting salaries for technology positions in 2013 will have the largest increases among all fields — an average of 5.3%, according […]
Continue reading …Infographic: What Does It Take To Recruit A New Employee?
10/10/2012 Comments Off on Infographic: What Does It Take To Recruit A New Employee?
What Does It Take To Recruit A New Employee? This infographic is really selling the merits of interviewing job candidates by video. However, it does give an interesting and informative view of the employees recruiting process and and its costs. To repare the inforgraphic the HR Tech Blog partnered with Video Interviewing Provider Wowzer. They surveyed hundreds […]
Continue reading …ManpowerGroup Urges Employers Work With Educators To Advance Job Training
09/10/2012 Comments Off on ManpowerGroup Urges Employers Work With Educators To Advance Job Training
International staffing firm ManpowerGroup is advocating that U.S. companies develop the skills of their local populations by collaborating with regional educators The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics released 5 October 2012, reported the overall September jobless rate declined to 7.8 % from August’s 8.1% rate. The U.S. private sector added 114,000 new jobs last month, […]
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