As millions of Americans celebrated the dawn of 2013, the House of Representatives adjoined to vote on the Senate’s recently amended “American Taxpayer Relief Act of 2012,” a solution to the nation’s impending “fiscal cliff.” With a final tally of 257 votes in favor of the Act, the House agreed to approve the amendment on […] Read Article “Will the American Taxpayer Relief Act Impact You?”
A fiscal cliff agreement was finally approved late on New Year’s Day. Wealthy Americans will be hit hardest by the deal, due to a 4.6% increase on income taxes for those with incomes over $400,000 (single) or $450,000 (married). A new investment income tax of 3.8% will be levied to help fund Obama’s health care […] Read Article “How the Fiscal Cliff Agreement Affects You”
During the holidays, many folks take time off from work. We recently conducted a survey on how much vacation time American workers receive, how they use their time off and their perceptions of how their colleagues use those coveted vacation days. Check out the infographic below to get the scoop!
Presidential elections – particularly when an incumbent wins a second term — typically provide companies and organizations one thing they crave as they assess future investment and hiring plans: A respite from political uncertainty. Yet 2012 is not your typical year. While the re-election of Barack Obama likely rules out any radical departure from policies […] Read Article “What a second Obama term may mean for hiring, job growth”
The monster super-storm that rampaged through much of the mid-Atlantic and Northeast in late October not only left thousands homeless, but also has led to a surge of new claims for jobless benefits, according to Labor Department figures released late last week. While the aftermath has spawned some employment opportunities related to cleanup and relief efforts, […] Read Article “Hurricane Sandy Three Weeks Later: How Its Impacting Jobs”
You’ve surely heard the ominous and endless warnings about how reckless social media activity can jeopardize your job or throw a wrench into your career search. And, indeed, unflattering pictures from a late-night binge, profanity laced-tirades and off-color jokes can earn you a pink slip or rejection letter. Yet more social media researchers and experts […] Read Article ““Integrators” Get Ahead: Skillfully blending your online personal image and professional life”
It’s Election Day and with Americans casting their votes, many of them have the same question in mind: How do the presidential candidates intend to improve America’s job market? Barack Obama (Democrat) and Mitt Romney (Republican) have each proposed jobs plans that could impact Americans significantly over the next four years. Interestingly enough, the plans […] Read Article “Obama vs. Romney: Creating Jobs for American Workers”
With the upcoming presidential election quickly approaching, the BLS has just released one of the most encouraging jobs reports of President Barack Obama’s first term.
As anticipated, unemployment continued to steadily decline within a majority of the United States’ metro areas in August, according to the BLS’ most recent “Metropolitan Area Employment and Unemployment” report.
According to the BLS’ latest “The Employment Situation” report, the nation’s private sector added 104,000 new jobs to the national economy in September, nearly matching August’s total job creation.