The economy has been on a roller coaster ride since the cyclical peak of December 2007. (See illustration.) The gradual slide of early 2008 turned into a terrifying freefall in the last quarter of 2008 (after the Lehman Brothers bankruptcy) and the first quarter of 2009. Now the train is probably at ...
The hiring process can be a manager’s worst nightmare if the proper filters aren’t recognized prior to the interviewing process. This is especially pertinent in today’s job market due to the large number of people seeking employment. The good news is the number of qualified people searching for a jo ...
SimplyHired has released their data on the best and worst metro areas for job postings for September 2009. The results compare the number of non-duplicate posts to number of unemployed in that area.
Lately we have been hearing from career centers all over the country that are experiencing a large increase in traffic and inquiries from current students and alumni. This is not surprising considering the economic conditions that continue to create extremely competitive conditions in the marketplac ...
The famous mantra “failing to plan is planning to fail” may seem irrelevant to most, but in fact it may be one of the most important for businesses to understand. Strategic workforce planning is a process that ensures that your business has the right people in the right jobs at the right time to ach ...
On Monday UPS announced that its projections show it will handle more parcel deliveries this holiday season than it did last year. UPS will deliver about 400 million packages worldwide between Thanksgiving and Christmas. Further UPS announced that it will hire 50,000 temporary workers to handle the ...
Sign up for Daily email and feed at www.etfdesk.com China accuses US of fuelling ‘huge carry trade’ What Do Bond Traders Think They Know The worst is yet to come: Unemployed Americans should hunker down for more job losses Governments tug hard on growth levers October Retail Sales Beat Expectations, ...
Chicago Tribune – MSU report: College labor market has hit bottom LANSING, Mich. – Businesses hired far fewer college graduates in the past year than they thought they would, and next year’s graduates will have to be “patient and persistent” to land a job. Those are some of the findings of Michigan ...
Martha Irvine, reporting for the Associated Press, writes about intensifying conflict between up-and-coming Gen Xers and more entrenched Baby Boomers in the workplace: They’re antsy and edgy, tired of waiting for promotion opportunities at work as their elders put off retirement. A good number of th ...
In the last two days two columns have appeared in the New York Times Op-Ed pages discussing the continuing rise in unemployment. The first by leading economist Paul Krugman ( http://www.nytimes.com/2009/11/13/opinion/13krugman.html) discussed some of the tactics that the United States has been using ...
