During the 1800s, manufacturing displaced agriculture as the prominent industry in the U.S. This change gave rise to unions, as well as some unrest, as workers demanded changes in their dangerous work environments. In response, Congress established Labor Day in …
We released the Q2 Yoh Index of Technology Wages this morning, and found that after two straight quarters of modest wage increases, positive momentum stalled. In fact, wages stood at $30.98 an hour in March 2011. By June, wages only …
The relationship between employers and employees is constantly changing. Today, the economic recovery we’re experiencing has started some trends that are affecting the workforce like never before, specifically the relationship between these two groups. No one knows this better than John Rossheim. …
I recently read The Wall Street Journal article about college graduates delaying their job search in light of modestly improving economic conditions and a poor employment outlook. Aside from those former students who are delaying entry to the workforce by …
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 …
I can tell by all the “Top This” and “Top That” lists I’ve been reading over the last several days that it must be time to take a quick glance back and evaluate the year. This is the second yearly …
Last week, Staffing Industry Analysts (SIA) held its November Staffing Industry Report Webinar. Held each month, these webinars present a brief overview of the state of the economy and staffing industry trends. But over the last several months, the story …
It’s fascinating that a seemingly ordinary word can be used in a context that suddenly makes that ordinary word extraordinarily powerful. For example: temporary worker. Temporary and worker are both ordinary words, right? Combine the two in the context of …
The past few weeks have seen an increased discussion about the workforce in economic recovery. A lot of these conversations focus specifically on the role temporary talent will play in this recovery process. Just yesterday, Yoh released its quarterly Index of …
The seasons might be changing, and the quarters rolling over, but for many unemployed workers out there, that’s about all that has changed. Jobs are still hard to come by, and according to a recent CareerBuilder survey, the pay associated …
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