Via Forbes.com …
Thanks to last year’s strong harvest of apples and the jobs that followed in juicing, packaging and shipping, Yakima, Wash., has the strongest employment outlook in the country for the second quarter of 2009, according to a quarterly survey by employment services firm Manpower.
“This is an agricultural base, a huge apple-growing region,” says [...]
Entries Tagged as ‘Statistics’
March 23, 2009
Where The Jobs Are, Spring 2009
February 4, 2009
Job Search Online Fastest Growing Category
Via MediaPost Blogs …
comScore, Inc., in a study of Americans’ usage of the job search category, the fastest growing content site category in 2008, found that the category has seen the number of visitors grow 51% to 18.8 million visitors, as millions of Americans find themselves seeking new job opportunities. The final months of the [...]
December 16, 2008
How About a Pleasant Economic Surprise?
From Workforce.com …
By now, the only thing that should be surprising about economic bad news is that the experts are surprised by it.
Yesterday, the figure of 573,000 new unemployment claims blew past the 520,000estimate from analysis firm Briefing.com. The payroll job loss tally from last week was a bigger shocker still. U.S. employers shed 533,000 [...]
December 11, 2008
Is the Jobs Panic Justified?
Via Business Week …
It was bad enough when Iceland got into financial trouble and practically sank into the frigid North Atlantic. It was worse when your next-door neighbor lost his home to foreclosure. But now things are really getting scary: Your own job may be at risk.
Unease turned to incipient panic on Dec. 5 after [...]
November 7, 2008
Jobless rate bolts to 14-year high of 6.5 percent
Via AP …
The nation’s unemployment rate bolted to a 14-year high of 6.5 percent in October as another 240,000 jobs were cut, the government said Friday. It was stark proof the economy is almost certainly in a recession.
The new snapshot, released by the Labor Department, shows the crucial jobs market deteriorating at an alarmingly rapid [...]
October 7, 2008
Many workers do not respect their bosses
Via Reuters …
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Almost half of U.S. workers do not respect their boss and only half believe they are competent, according to an online survey released on Friday.
The study by Randstad USA, a unit of the world’s number two staffing company Randstad NV, found that the growing financial crisis has seen companies [...]
September 5, 2008
U.S. Payrolls Fell 84,000; Jobless Rate Jumps to 6.1%
Via Bloomberg …
The U.S. lost more jobs than forecast in August and the unemployment rate climbed to a five- year high, heightening the risk that the economic slowdown will worsen.
Payrolls fell by 84,000 in August, and revisions added another 58,000 to job losses for the prior two months, the Labor Department said today in Washington. [...]
August 28, 2008
Jobless claims ease for 3rd straight week
Via CNNmoney.com …
The number of out-of-work Americans who signed up for jobless benefits fell for the third week in a row, matching economists’ expectations.
The Department of Labor reported Thursday that initial filings for state jobless benefits decreased by 10,000 to a seasonally adjusted 425,000 in the week ended Aug. 23. That’s the fewest number of [...]
August 23, 2008
Nine Most Common Résumé Search Terms
Via savvysugar …
Your mom’s advice to be yourself in any anxiety-inducing situation can certainly be applied to your job search, although not all applicants have been remembering the wise words of mom. A recent CareerBuilder survey found that half of hiring managers have caught a lie on a résumé and the fibs include things like [...]
July 3, 2008
IT employment holds steady despite job losses in broader U.S. economy
Via TechRepublic …
The U.S. economy lost 62,000 jobs in June for the sixth straight month of employment losses with an unemployment rate of 5.5 percent, but underneath the technology sector is holding up well, according to Labor Department statistics.
What a difference a downturn makes.
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