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 Labor Department reported Thursday morning that U.S. employers added 223,000 new employees to their payrolls in June. This was the 15th out of the last 16 months that they have added at least 200,000 net new jobs. As a result, the unemployment rate fell to 5.3%, which is its … Read More
Recent statistics from the Labor Department show a record number of job openings by U.S. employers. The reported 5,400,000 current jobs are the most since they started tracking them in 2000. Combined with two other recent studies, this explains why positions are taking longer to fill not only in the … Read More
My executive recruitment team has realized for months that our clients are rapidly adding engineers, scientists, R&D, technical, IT and manufacturing talent. This was borne out by today’s Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) report, which said that the unemployment dropped .2% to 6.1% marking the lowest level since September 2008! … Read More
According to today’s Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) report, the unemployment dropped .4% to 6.3%, its lowest rate since September 2008!
Most sectors added new jobs including:
