The Unemployment Rate in Your State
Before you start any pursuit, including a job hunt, you should understand the market conditions–both nationally and locally. By now, you’re aware that the national unemployment rate is 9.5% but do you know the unemployment rate is your state? UNEMPLOYMENT RATE BY STATE Alabama (9.7) Alaska (7.7) Arizona (9.6) Arkansas (7.4) California (12.3) Colorado (8.0) [...]
Private Employers Added 71,000 Jobs Last Month. Who’s Doing the Hiring?
By now, you’ve heard the bad news. Employers are adding jobs more slowly than we’d hoped. That is disappointing but the press has all but glossed over the sliver of good news: Private employers added a net total of 71,000 jobs in July! That’s 71,000 people back to work. Sure, we need to get about [...]
The Short List: 3 Cities Where It’s Hard Not to Find a Job
You’ve seen the top 10 cities for job-hunters and the states with the most jobs, but that’s a lot of information and a lot of cities and states to visit or relocate to, especially if you’ve got limited funds and limited patience. So, here’s the crib sheet–the short list of cities that you should target [...]
Top 10 Cities for Job-Hunters
The recovery is plodding along and employers are posting jobs at a steady clip. Some employers are adding jobs at a faster clip than others (check out “Now Hiring” posts), and some cities are hotbeds for job-hunters. Here’s a list of the top 10 cities for job-hunters (based on the number of jobs posted online [...]
Top Jobs By State
As in a previous post, there are 4,154,000. That’s good to know but what kinds of jobs are currently posted online? Well, the selection is wide and varies by state so the best approach is to focus on the jobs available in the “Biggest Gainer” states, the states where employers posted the most jobs online [...]
4,154,000 Jobs Posted Online Now!
According to the Conference Board’s latest Help Wanted Index, there are currently 4,150,000 jobs online now. That’s up nearly 20,000 jobs from the prior month. Currently, there is one job posted online for every 4 unemployed people. In June, 6 states led the pack for the number of new jobs posted online during that month. [...]
Jobs Are Back. Time to Quit Yours?
The recovery is in full swing, with jobs returning to the market at a faster pace than in prior months. New unemployment claims are down, job vacancies are up and the unemployment rate is down. Sounds like the perfect time to quit your job, right? Believe it or not, more people quit their jobs in [...]
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