There is growing sentiment among corporate executives and economists that a recession will commence within in the next 12 months. For example, according to The Wall Street Journal’s recent, monthly survey, the probability of a recession among economists has climbed to 21%, which is double the level of a year … Read More
The Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) reported this morning that January’s unemployment rate fell to its lowest level since November 2007 at 4.9%! Please go to http://stats.bls.gov/news.release/empsit.nr0.htm for the full report from BLS.
Recruitment of top technical talent is increasing. Many online advertisements exist … Read More
This is a summary of my interview with Steve Grzanich, host of WGN Radio’s Opening Bell, on Monday, January 11, 2016. We discussed the U.S. Labor Department’s first job figures for 2016. These provide a yearly outlook for jobs creation and technical and engineering recruiting, which my technical recruitment … Read More
The Labor Department reported this morning that U.S. employers added jobs at their strongest pace this year last month. Nonfarm payrolls rose a seasonally adjusted 271,000 in October. Additionally, government revisions showed employers adding 12,000 more jobs in September and August than previously estimated.
The unemployment rate, which is obtained … Read More
Recently, the Wall Street Journal announced that private-equity, venture capital and angel investment firms are increasingly pouring money into data storage technology startup companies. For example, venture capitalists invested $6 billion into 96 startups selling storage-related hardware, software and services between 2010 and the first half of this year according … Read More
The Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) announced Friday morning that nonfarm payrolls rose a seasonally adjusted 173,000. This monthly report was more significant than usual for several reasons:
The Bureau of Labor Statistics BLS announced this morning that 215,000 new non-farm jobs were created last month. This was the 16th out of the last 17 months that the U.S. economy has added at least 200,00 net new jobs. This was also the 58th straight month of jobs creation! … Read More
