If You’ve Got a Job, You May Be Safe…At Least Until the Holidays
Manpower released its Employment Outlook Survey on Tuesday, and the report revealed that only 12% of U.S. employers expect to add to their workforces in the three months to the end of December 2009. Manpower interviewed more than 28,000 employers were asked about their hiring, and firing, plans. While only 12% said they expect to [...]
States With the Largest Increases in New Unemployment Claims
As much as we love the positive, we also like the whole story. So, here are the states with the largest increases in new unemployment claims, the states that, unfortunately, are experiencing more layoffs. States With the Largest Increases in New Unemployment Claims Indiana (+5,603), Pennsylvania (+4,702) Texas (+4,007) Florida (+3,894) Michigan (+2,276) Source: Department [...]
States With the Largest Decreases in New Unemployment Claims
The number of new unemployment claims fell unexpectedly for the week ending March 14. There were 646,000 new claims, a decrease of 12,000 from the prior week. That brings the total number of persons receiving unemployment benefits to 5.47 million (as of March 7), an increase of 185,000 from the prior week. That’s the national [...]
50 Job Fairs in February
There are 50 job fairs happening in the month of February. Here are the first ten. Grab your resumes, your sensible shoes and your smart questions and head to a job fair near you. DATE CITY, STATE JOB FAIR INFO February 3, 2009 Cincinnati, OH Putting Americans Back to Work in Cincinnati!! 10:00 AM – [...]
States With Fastest-Growing Unemployment
The national unemployment rate is rising faster than any of us might like, but in some states it’s rising even faster. The following states saw their unemployment rates increase by at least one percentage point in a single month (Nov. 2008-Dec. 2008). STATE % INCREASE DEC 08 UNEMPLOYMENT RATE Indiana (+1.1) 8.2% South Carolina (+1.1) [...]
Careersthatdontsuck.com’s 2009 Career Predictions #6
The Consumerist Industry After every crisis or tragedy there’s an outcropping of gurus and specialists, each of whom claims to have called the ending before it arrived, each of whom claims to have a proprietary technology, process or Gallup-esque survey tool to ward off future incidences. This recession is already beginning to sow its first [...]
Laundry List of Layoffs
Here’s the latest list of companies that are laying off hundreds or thousands of workers. It’s a laundry list of who’s who companies in every industry. Scary! COMPANY # JOBS CUT Pfizer (with Wyeth acquisition) 8,000 Sprint Nextel 8,000 Home Depot (via Expo Design Centers & Yard Birds) 7,000 General Motors 2,000 Caterpillar 5,000 (managers [...]
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