Archive for the ‘Job Market’ Category
New year, new jobs? Not really…
Let’s just say that the newest payroll numbers from December weren’t a great way for the country to ring in the New Year. The U.S. gained 18,000 jobs overall last month, which the Bureau of Labor Statistics likes to phrase as “essentially” or “relatively unchanged.” I like to phrase this minuscule jump in [...]
Learn more about the nation’s fastest growing occupations…use the rankings for career guidance
Earlier this month, the Bureau of Labor Statistics updated its list of the 30 fastest growing occupations in the United States. The revised version of the rankings estimates growth in the country’s industries between 2006 and 2016, providing an intuitive guide for anyone who’s just beginning or reentering college, searching for a new job, [...]
November’s payroll growth is stable, we’ll have to wait and see what happens with revisions
It’s nearly Christmas time, and being that it’s the first Friday of the month, I figured I would try and brighten up your day with something truly special: the gift of a BLS employment situation report. I didn’t write it, or gather any of the information that’s in it, but I will summarize it [...]
Financial hiring set to hold steady in the first quarter of 2008
According to a report released by Robert Half International yesterday morning, hiring in the financial industry is expected to hold steady through the first quarter of 2008. Robert Half International has been tracking financial hiring in the U.S. since 1992, and the staffing conglomerate’s findings are based on a recent survey of over 1,400 [...]
California needs more qualified health care workers now, the rest of the country to follow
A recent study completed by the Campaign for College Opportunity reveals that the health care sector in California is already experiencing a shortage of college-educated workers, a troublesome issue that is expected to plague all industries in the state by the year 2020. This shortage, paired with the inevitable retirement of highly skilled baby [...]
Taking a second look at common career and workplace myths
Whether you are new to the job market or experienced in the ways of the workplace, it doesn’t hurt to challenge conventional concepts and knowledge every once in awhile. In an article posted by the New York Daily News this morning, Carolyn Kepcher (a former Apprentice star) and Sheila Norman-Culp (a Worklife columnist) contest [...]
BusinessWeek rankings still big news, accounting firms still a great option for new college grads
Nearly two months after BusinessWeek released its second annual ranking of the best places for new college graduates to launch their careers, the results from the report are still making headlines.
Just yesterday, the San Francisco Examiner published the article “College Grads Can Count on Accounting.” The piece focused on the fact that three of the [...]
Why two careers (or three, or four) may be better than one
Work is one of the biggest stressors that we will encounter in our adult lives. Many people love what they do for a career, but tight deadlines, long commutes, and unreasonable bosses can begin to wear away at even the most composed worker’s sanity. So the idea of taking on a second career, [...]
U.S. payroll employment sitting pretty in October
For those of you who are unaware, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics released its employment situation report for the month of October this morning. If you’re really interested in the current job market, this is where you leave me to go read the report yourself. But based on the fact that it’s [...]
The U.S. Census Bureau reports on the mobility of our nation’s citizens in 2006
On Tuesday, October 16, the U.S. Census Bureau released its annual Geographical Mobility tables, which document the migration of the country’s citizens in 2006. The Census tables are issued at the national and regional levels, and this year’s polling reveals that nearly 40 million Americans moved between 2005 and 2006.
The mobility tables are formulated [...]