Facebook Social Jobs App – Not A LinkedIn Killer – Forbes Well if you try the app (click here to try it out), you find it to be a fairly poorly implemented search system which doesn’t even come close to the services offered by LinkedIn or Indeed.com (Indeed is one of the most successful job … Continue reading
SEASONALLY ADJUSTED DATA In the week ending April 14, the advance figure for seasonally adjusted initial claims was 386,000, a decrease of 2,000 from the previous week’s revised figure of 388,000. The 4-week moving average was 374,750, an increase of 5,500 from the previous week’s revised average of 369,250. The advance seasonally adjusted insured unemployment rate was 2.6 percent … Continue reading
The chipmaker Exar this morning said it has expanded its cost reduction program, cutting about 120 jobs, or about 30% of worldwide headcount. The move is intended to save about $12 million a year, about 30% of that in operations and 70% in R&D and SG&A. The cuts follow a previous round of cuts in … Continue reading