In the week ending July 17, the advance figure for seasonally adjusted initial claims was 419,000, an increase of 51,000 from the previous week's revised level.Continue Reading

Full waiting rooms are bad for a lot of different reasons.Continue Reading

Republished with permission of the US Bureau of Labor Statistics Employment in construction and extraction occupations is projected to grow 4 percent from 2019 to 2029, about as fast as the average for all occupations, and gain about 296,300 new jobs. Overall growth in the economy and population will increase demand for new buildings, roads, and other structures,...Continue Reading

Firms invest a ridiculous amount of hours and financial resources into the screening, hiring and training of new employeesContinue Reading

Elka Torpey | October 2020 Perhaps you aspire to an associate’s degree, or you’re determined to get a doctorate. Or maybe you have no plans for formal education. Whatever your goal is, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) has data by education level that show which occupations are expected to have the most openings over the...Continue Reading

This news release presents statistics from two monthly surveys.Continue Reading

I took a break to watch Coach Mike Krzyzewski speak at his official retirement announcement at Duke University.Continue Reading

I ran a poll on LinkedIn this week asking a simple question: Do you have a landline phone?Continue Reading

You know the answer . . . and you don't do it.Continue Reading

Wonder how public training funds work? Or whether you might be eligible?Continue Reading