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In The News | U.S. Unemployment Rises to 8.2% in May, Global Talent Pool in 2020, Layoffs at GM, Mazda, Bombardier Recreational, United Airlines and Windstream and Much More
Unemployment rises to 8.2% in May as job growth stalls again – latimes.com WASHINGTON — The nation’s unemployment rate rose for the first time in nearly a year, to 8.2% in May, as the economy added a disappointingly small number of jobs for the third straight month. The government said Friday that employers created on … Continue reading
In The News | Labor Market Mismatch and, Job Cuts Surge 67% in U.S., Teachers Layoffs Continue, Olympus Cuts 2,500 jobs, Benefits Cuts For Seasonal Workers in Canada and NJ and More
Unemployment is a labor market mismatch – Economics – AEI aei.org – After an unexpected upswing at the beginning of this year, the labor market appears to be back in the doldrums again. The month-on-month employment increases of 200,000-240,000 workers in December,… JobMarketMon US May Job Cuts Surge 67% From A Year Ago -Challenger – WSJ.com … Continue reading
In The News | SMEs in Gulf economy, Africa, Skills Gap, Layoffs, Flat U.S. Wages, Sunday papers axed, Improving EI and More
SME role in Gulf economy, jobs growth ‘woefully low’ gulf-times.com – Small and medium enterprises’ (SMEs) contribution to the overall Gulf economy and employment sector is woefully low and need a big push for the region to enhance its economic diversification, the … JobMarketMon Flat U.S. Wages Help Fuel Rebound in Manufacturing – WSJ.com online.wsj.com – Joey … Continue reading
In The News | Cloud computing, Romney’s Bain Record, Layoffs, African Youth, College Grad, Older Workers, and Much More
Cloud computing: 14 million jobs by 2015? smartplanet.com – I’m not Convinced Cloud computing is about efficiency. Cloud computing is about replacing thousands of underutilized server rooms and IT departments with shared facilities with higher utilization r… JobMarketMon Romney’s Bain Record on Job Creation Attacked – Businessweek businessweek.com – President Barack Obama’s re-election campaign attacked Mitt Romney’s … Continue reading
In The News | Baby Boomers and the Unemployment Rate , Skills Gap, EI Changes, Layoffs, Older Workers and Plastic Surgery for a Job and More
Jobs: The number of baby boomers retiring is holding down the unemployment rate – UPI.com upi.com – President Obama can thank baby boomers at least in part for the drop in the U.S. unemployment rate, with the first post-World War II generation hitting retirement age at a rate of 10,000 a day. Une… JobMarketMon Macau labor … Continue reading
In The News | Veterans , Inequalities, Youth, China Middle Class, Layoffs, EI Changes, Grads and More
More Companies Hiring Veterans | fox4kc.com – Kansas City news & weather from WDAF TV – FOX 4 fox4kc.com – NEAR PHILADELPHIA, Pa. — A company in Pennsylvania is on a mission to hire Veterans. A construction equipment company called Modern Group wants to hire men and women who have served in the U.S. ar… Inequality … Continue reading
In The News | Global Recession, Less Government Solves Unemployment, Layoffs, Migrants in UK and More
Marc Faber, Global Recession 2013 a Sure Thing | readtheticker safehaven.com – Marc Faber doesnt make 100% calls very often, sure he makes a lot of calls, but when he make a call that he says is 100% chance of occurance its worth making a note of. When you here a fundamental … JobMarketMon Business Young … Continue reading
Higher education job growth continues to outpace overall job growth in US, but the gap is narrowing
Key findings from the report for Q1 2012: Although the growth rate of higher education jobs continued to outpace the growth rate for all U.S. jobs in Q1 2012, the gap has narrowed and the “market share” of higher education jobs was unchanged year-over-year. The number of advertisements for job openings in higher education continued … Continue reading
UK cities | An international comparison of unemployment
Unemployment has fallen for the second consecutive month to March. Yet the outlook remains fragile as part-time work and self employment increase in the absence of full-time job creation. The picture across UK cities continues to look very different. To highlight just how different we’ve compared ILO unemployment rates by city to countries around the … Continue reading
Krugman on Euro | Apocalypse Fairly Soon
Suddenly, it has become easy to see how the euro — that grand, flawed experiment in monetary union without political union — could come apart at the seams. We’re not talking about a distant prospect, either. Things could fall apart with stunning speed, in a matter of months, not years. And the costs — both … Continue reading
Gallup | U.S. Unemployment Down by 0.1% in Mid-May due to decline in participation rate
U.S. unemployment, as measured by Gallup without seasonal adjustment, declined slightly to 8.2% in mid-May from 8.3% in April. Gallup’s seasonally adjusted unemployment rate is 8.5% in mid-May, down slightly from 8.6% last month. Much of this decline may be due to a decline in the workforce participation rate — Americans 18 years or older … Continue reading
HP | As many as 25,000 job cuts could be coming
Hewlett-Packard Co. is considering cutting as many as 25,000 jobs, or 8% of its workforce, to reduce costs and help the company contend with ebbing demand for computers and services, people briefed on the plans said. The number to be cut includes 10,000 to 15,000 from Hewlett-Packard’s enterprise services group, which sells a range of … Continue reading
GM | 700 jobs to be created at Ellesmere Port
General Motors is creating 700 jobs at its Ellesmere Port plant in Cheshire along with hundreds more in the supply chain to build the new model of its Astra compact car in the latest fillip for Britain’s car industry. The US automaker is to invest £125m in the plant after its 2,100 workers agreed a … Continue reading
Staples | 500 layoffs, 200 in United States
Office supply giant Staples Inc. said Wednesday that it has cut 500 jobs worldwide as first-quarter profit fell 6 percent to $187 million. The Framingham chain eliminated 200 positions in North America, including a majority at its headquarters, as well as at an office in Toronto. Staples declined to identify how many people lost their … Continue reading
Unemployment Insurance Weekly Claims Report : No News, Bad News
After an increase, an insignificant drop, now unchanged. This is not an indication of a dynamic job market. SEASONALLY ADJUSTED DATA In the week ending May 12, the advance figure for seasonally adjusted initial claims was 370,000, unchanged from the previous week’s revised figure of 370,000. The 4-week moving average was 375,000, a decrease of … Continue reading
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