It is becoming increasingly clear to employers across the United States that science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) jobs take more than twice as long to fill as other openings. With STEM jobs increasing consistently, outpacing every other industry for job demand, employers are finding it more challenging than ever before to hire talented candidates with STEM […] Read Article “Partner With a Staffing Company to Source STEM Talent”
Sources: Metropolitan Area Employment and Unemployment Report – May 2014, Regional and State Employment and Unemployment – May 2014 The national BLS “The Employment Situation — June 2014” report showed another surge in employment, adding 288,000 new jobs to the economy, the fifth straight month to show 200,000+ job gains. Economists are hopeful that this upswing will continue as we […] Read Article “Metropolitan Employment Showing Improvement Nationwide”
Source: BLS June jobs report In June, the United States generated 288,000 new jobs, making it the fifth straight month in which we’ve seen job gains of 200,000+. The positive news continued as the unemployment rate declined by 0.2 percentage points — dropping from 6.3% to 6.1%, which is the lowest we’ve seen since September 2008. […] Read Article “June’s Jobs Report Shows Widespread Growth Across Industries”
Source: June 2014 BLS report The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics released its June 2014 unemployment report, which showed an overall monthly gain of 288,000 jobs, considerably higher than the 215,000 economists were expecting. The unemployment rate also saw an impressive decline of 0.2 percentage points, dropping from 6.3% to 6.1%, which is the lowest we’ve seen […] Read Article “June BLS Report: 288,000 Jobs Added, Jobless Rate Drops 0.2%”
The demand for professionals with STEM backgrounds – meaning Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics – is steadily rising. Currently, there are 1.4 vacant STEM jobs for every qualified STEM job-seeker. If this rate persists, by 2018 there will be a projected 1.7 million STEM jobs without qualified applicants to fill them. Filling this skills gap […] Read Article “STEM Skills Gap: Now is the Time to Act”
At the end of last year, we wrote a blog post about California raising its minimum wage from $8 an hour to $10 an hour, and discussed the pros and cons of raising minimum wage. This month, Seattle passed a bill that increases the city’s minimum wage to $15 an hour, the highest in the […] Read Article “Metropolitan Minimum Wage Increases Continue”
Sources: Metropolitan Area Employment and Unemployment Report – April 2014, Regional and State Employment and Unemployment – April 2014 The national BLS “The Employment Situation — May 2014” report showed a surge in employment, adding 217,000 new jobs to the economy, the fourth straight month to show 200,000+ job gains. Economists are hopeful that this continual upswing will prove to […] Read Article “Metropolitan Employment Improving Across the Country”
Source: BLS jobs report In May, the United States generated 217,000 new jobs, returning our employment rate back to pre-recession conditions. With this growth, the US has more jobs than it has seen in over four years – claiming 8.8 million new jobs since January 2008. The unemployment rate remained the same at 6.3 percent — this, […] Read Article “May BLS Jobs Report: Industry Breakdown”
Source: May 2014 BLS report The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics released its May 2014 unemployment report, which showed an overall gain of 217,000 jobs and the unemployment rate holding at 6.3% after last month’s drop of 0.4%. This data confirms a rebound of economic conditions from the winter slowdown. With these gains, employment has now […] Read Article “May BLS Report: 217,000 Jobs Added, Jobless Rate Unchanged”
In a recent survey conducted by Adecco, we polled workers from the millennial generation to gain insight into their employment goals, workplace viewpoints and career motivations. Millennials are those born between 1980 and 2000 and are quite the hot topic of conversation lately. According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, this group of workers is […] Read Article “Workforce Watch List: The Millennial Generation”