STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Math) education advancement is the most efficient means of quickly generating more United States high wage jobs. This includes engineering, scientific, information technology (IT), research and development (R&D) and manufacturing technology positions. Unfortunately, most government bureaucrats are fixed to their old playbooks of artificially boosting … Read More
Recruiting fell in December with only 148,000 new jobs created according to Friday’s Labor Department figures. However, this marked the 87th straight month of job creation, which is an all-time record and a streak nearly twice as long as the second-best run.
Additionally, employers added over two million jobs for … Read More
Recruiting continued to rise in November with 228,000 new jobs being created and the unemployment rate continuing at a 17-year low last month at 4.1%, its lowest level since December 2000!
Additionally, the Labor Department revised past job recruitment figures upward to add 3,000 more jobs than previously estimated in … Read More
Jobs and wages need a major boost! Though I shared in part 3 of this four part series, jobs creation increased by 261,000 last month dropping the unemployment rate to its lowest level since December 2000 at only 4.1%.
Unfortunately, most of that job creation was in the service sector. … Read More
Jobs creation rebounded last month with U.S. employers adding 261,000 in October. This resulted in the unemployment rate dropping to 4.1%, its lowest level since December 2000.
However, this was not a totally joyful scenario according to most economists, who expected 315,000 new jobs last month.
Unfortunately, as I shared … Read More
One of the major tools governments are now employing to recruit new jobs, companies and industries is “cash incentives.” This was a major part of Wisconsin’s successful $3 billion recruitment effort of technology giant Foxconn Technology Group that won over other more lucrative recruiting efforts such as Michigan’s 27% … Read More
The Labor Department reported this morning that U.S. employers lost 33,000 jobs last month. This was their first loss in seven years ending a streak of 83 straight months of adding new jobs, which was the longest stretch of job growth ever! Additionally, workers’ wages only gained 12 cents, or … Read More
Total job recruiting reported by the Labor Department this morning slowed last month with only 156,000 new jobs being created last month. This caused the unemployment rate to rise to 4.4% from the previous month’s 16-year low of 4.3%!
This contrasted with most economist predictions of 179,000 new jobs being created … Read More
Manufacturing is growing according to the latest ISM report. This has led to more manufacturing job creation and recruiting of key talent! The overall job market also grew last month according to today’s Labor Department report with 209,000 new seasonally adjusted jobs added in July. This caused the unemployment rate … Read More
The Labor Department reported this morning that 222,000 new jobs were added by U.S. employers last month. Unfortunately, the unemployment rate also rose .1% to 4.4% as more workers joined the labor market. The past two months jobs figures were also revised upward with April’s job number increased to 207,000 and … Read More
