Without any ado, here is your biweekly recap of recent workforce management and employment news and events. NPR: Jobs Bill Defeated Despite Presidential Push It was just over a month ago that President Obama revealed his plan to create jobs …
Many people are excited by the surprisingly positive unemployment report released by the Bureau of Labor Statistics today. Today’s report showed employers added 117,000 jobs in July, dropping the unemployment rate to 9.1 percent, and revised June’s original 18,000 job …
This week’s news has been all about employment. The Bureau of Labor Statistics released its monthly jobs report this morning, and even President Obama talked about the pace of job growth during his Twitter Town Hall. While these stories are …
Last week’s BLS Unemployment Report reflected that contrary to what might have been anticipated, unemployment moved up to 9 percent despite the 244,000 jobs that the economy added in April. Reactions varied to these findings from surprise to conviction. From …
This month, 244,000 jobs were added and unemployment moved up slightly to 9 percent. Another mixed bag of news for jobs today. And it’s really more indicative of the fragile recovery that continues to help the U.S. economy chug along in …
Happy Employee Appreciation Day! It’s been a tough couple of years for U.S. workers and for many who have experienced unemployment during that time, morale might be low. But today is a day to say “thank you” for your contributions …
Perhaps the element of the Bureau of Labor Statistics’ (BLS) monthly unemployment report that I like least is the politicization of the results. The analysis of the report is far too frequently spun to suit the needs of the analyst …
Are you ready to move to another job? Move up in your company? Content to stay where you are and wait for better opportunities? Never want to leave? How you answer these questions says something about you. If you are …
Today’s Wall Street Journal article on Keeping “overqualifieds” on board inspired me to take a deeper look at the impending rush for overqualified talent to find better opportunities as the job market begins to open. As Joe Light points out, …
The biggest workforce news to be announced in the past two weeks was probably the Labor Department’s unemployment report for July, which was just released this morning. According to the report, the U.S. lost 131,000 jobs last month, as temporary workers assigned …
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