By rachel zupek on Apr 8, 2009 in Employment, Featured, Job Search, Job Surveys | 3 Comments
We get it: The economy sucks. But, new research suggests that maybe, just maybe, it’s starting to get better.
Forty-one percent of workers who were laid off from full-time jobs in the last three months reported they found a new full-time, permanent position while another 8 percent found part-time work, according to a survey from CareerBuilder [...]
By Kate Lorenz on Feb 20, 2009 in Current Affairs, Employment, Employment Trends, Featured | 59 Comments
Now that Congress has passed and President Obama has signed the $787 billion American Reinvestment and Recovery Plan, its intent is to create or save up to 4 million jobs over the next two years.
If you’re a job seeker, no doubt you’re probably wondering: What does this mean for me? What kind of jobs will be created?
We’ve scoured [...]
By rachel zupek on Feb 16, 2009 in Employment, Employment Trends, Job Search, Jobs | 15 Comments
On Friday, we told you about President Barack Obama’s economic stimulus that could create up to 4 million new jobs over the next two years. But which jobs will offer the most opportunities in the world of work?
In his recently released book, Great Jobs in the President’s Stimulus Plan, occupational expert Laurence Shatkin, Ph.D., reveals [...]
By Kate Lorenz on Feb 6, 2009 in Employment, Featured, Unemployment | 8 Comments
More grave news about the American job market as the BLS released its monthly unemployment numbers this morning.
In January, employment fell by -598,000 and the unemployment rate rose from 7.2 to 7.6 percent. The last time the unemployment rate hit 7.6 was September 1992.
Since the start of the recession in December 2007, 3.6 million jobs [...]
By rachel zupek on Feb 5, 2009 in Books, Employment, Employment Trends, Featured | 5 Comments
It’s no secret that the unstable economy is making most workers feel uneasy about their jobs. A new survey by CareerBuilder.com reveals that 26 percent of workers worry about losing their jobs more today than a year ago and 35 percent said the workplace has become more competitive because of a fear of job cuts. [...]
By Kate Lorenz on Jan 12, 2009 in Employment, Employment Trends, Featured, Job Search, News, Video | 4 Comments
On Friday, we told you that the BLS reported that employers slashed 524,000 jobs in the last month of ‘08 bring ing the grand total number of jobs lost in 2008 to 2.6 million jobs in 2008.
ABC News produced two segments about the U.S. job situation on Friday. The segments, which feature CareerBuilder.com CEO Matt Ferguson and VP [...]
By CareerBuilder blogger on Nov 13, 2008 in Employment | 0 Comments
No matter who you voted for in the recent Presidential election, jobs and the economy were clearly important issues that voters cared about.
And President-elect Barack Obama is expected to create jobs and implement policies that will stimulate the economy.
The very first jobs he’ll create? All of the jobs he’ll need to fill in his new [...]
By CareerBuilder blogger on Nov 7, 2008 in Employment, Employment Trends | 0 Comments
The Bureau of Labor Statistics released their summary of employment data for October 2008. The trends we’ve seen over the last few months are continuing; for the tenth month in a row, the country’s workforce lost jobs.
Here’s some of the important numbers to be aware of:
In October, 240,000 jobs – almost a quarter of a million [...]
By CareerBuilder blogger on Sep 17, 2008 in Employment, Employment Trends | 2 Comments
CBcampus.com, CareerBuilder.com’s college job search website, has released a survey today that indicates almost 60 percent of hiring managers are likely to approach existing interns at their company and offer them full-time, permanent employment.
12 percent of those surveyed said they’d do so by the end of the year, while another 24 percent anticipated hiring interns [...]
By CareerBuilder blogger on Aug 1, 2008 in Career Advice, Employment, Retirement, Work | 0 Comments
Former NFL quarterback Brett Favre has been all over the news lately. Favre is no stranger to the spotlight; his retirement this past received significant media attention.
Now people are talking about Favre and his change of heart about his career path. Many people were surprised when his team (the Green Bay Packers) did not welcome [...]
