The employment landscape can be hard to navigate. We get it. But knowledge is power and we’d like to be one of the places you visit to gain knowledge—from all perspectives. So, whether you’re looking to hire or looking for work, take a look below, where you’re sure to find some valuable information!
As a result of October’s federal government shutdown, the BLS’ latest “Metropolitan Area Employment and Unemployment” report, concerning September’s job creation statistics, will not be published this month, as originally planned. September’s data will still be released however, but not until December 5th. On that day, the BLS will publish its final “Metropolitan Area Employment […] Read Article “Joblessness is Gradually Declining in Most Metro Areas”
They train 40 hours a week. Sometimes, they train more. And if their home and training facility aren’t in the same city, they commute. That’s the life many elite athletes live, day after day, week after week. With so much on their plates, how can they possibly manage a career? They get help. Adecco, in […] Read Article “The Athlete Career & Education Program: Merging the Workforce and the World of Sport”
Fantasy football season is in full swing, with more than 20 million Americans each week setting their rosters in hopes of capturing a coveted league championship. While fantasy football is all about fun – and maybe winning a few bucks – it can also be instructive for those looking to hire top talent. The strategy […] Read Article “5 Ways The Hiring Process is Just Like Fantasy Football”
The Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) issued the jobs report tied to the month of October and showed a positive gain of 204,000 jobs and a relatively untouched unemployment rate of 7.3%, up just .1%. The report, which was delayed a week based on the government shutdown, was highly anticipated as it would clearly show […] Read Article “The October Jobs Report Shows Positive Trends”
Our marketing team is in the middle of an organizational redesign. We are moving from a mostly traditional structure (organized by skill sets) to a demand generation and revenue marketing team aligned with our sales and recruitment funnel. Because of this, we’ve needed to hire additional modern marketers who are content creators, understand analytics and […] Read Article “Five Job Interview Skills Your Competition Doesn’t Have”
As we near the end of 2013, is your 2014 workforce in place? If you haven’t already, get a head start on recruiting for your current and projected 2014 hiring needs, especially if you’re recruiting employees with science, technical, engineering and mathematical (STEM) skills. One of the most difficult challenges facing companies is the severe […] Read Article “Hiring for STEM Skills in the New Year – Don’t Wait!”
Businesses in the U.S. are experiencing a skills crisis. More than 600,000 jobs went unfilled in 2012, simply because the workforce was not skilled enough to do them. The Skills Gap and the State of the Economy, the first part of this series, uncovered how and why this is possible. The second part, Why the […] Read Article “What Your Company Can Do to Address the Skills Gap”
The first part of this series, The Skills Gap and the State of the Economy, introduced a startling gulf between the skills the current American workforce has and the skills it needs to remain competitive. What this gap means for American business, however, is the real story. While 92% of the 500 executives that we […] Read Article “Why the Skills Gap Matters Today and Tomorrow”
There are plenty of available jobs in the U.S. Unfortunately, there’s no one to fill them. This is just one of the surprising findings revealed in a 2012 white paper by the World Economic Forum. 600,000 jobs are currently unfilled in the manufacturing sector alone. This figure seems at odds with the unemployment rates that have become […] Read Article “The Skills Gap and the State of the Economy”
Let’s get this out of the way from the get-go — If you’re thinking about going to work on Halloween with a full-blown Miley Cyrus “twerking” look, well, think again. Miley shocked and offended during her VMA performance, and there is every reason to think you would do the same at the office. Definitely not […] Read Article “10 Work-Appropriate Halloween Costumes”