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Labor Shortages Threaten To Derail Economy
Rising quit rates and fewer job seekers vying for open positions could signal a return to the types of labor shortages that plagued employers during the dot.com boom. While widespread talent shortages...
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Analysis: Participation Rate Data Largely Skewed by Teens
Much attention has been given to record-low participation rates in the wake of the Great Recession. The latest data indicate that only 62.5 percent of non-institutionalized working age adults are...
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Can North Dakota Solve Its Labor Shortage Problem?
Even with relocation on the rise, North Dakota may continue to have a difficult time finding talent to fill its widening labor gap. As reported by CNNMoney...
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Labor Shortage Survey: 77 Percent of Companies Missing Talent
Labor Day Survey Shows Labor Harder to Find MORE THAN THREE-QUARTERS ATTEST TO GROWING TALENT SHORTAGEWhile some metropolitan areas are still struggling to create jobs, a growing number of cities and...
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2016 Outlook: Hiring, Wages Expected to Increase as Layoffs Subside
While 2015 job cuts are expected to reach a six year high, the pace of downsizing should slow in the new year, while hiring and wages continue to make gains, according to a new outlook released Monday...
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Labor Shortages Make This The Best Post-Recession Job Market for New Grads
The class of 2015-16, which sends more than 1.8 million young Americans armed with four-year degrees into the workforce this year, will enter the best job market for college graduates in several years,...
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Is the Labor Force Running Out of Labor?
On the surface, some of the recent economic data might look like the recovery is stalling, but the trends, in fact, may be the result of the shrinking pool of available talent. The Bureau of Labor...
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How Apps Are Changing the Face of the Workforce
Whether it’s called the gig economy, the sharing economy or freelance nation, the way a growing number of Americans are piecing together a living is leading to a new employment landscape; one in which...
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Why Employers Should Stop Pot Testing
As of today, recreational marijuana is legal in nine states and medicinal marijuana in 29, but despite shifting public perception in favor of marijuana usage, many companies still utilize drug tests...
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Challenger College Grad Outlook: STEM Majors Win Big, But Employers Want Soft...
With a tight labor market and skills shortages impacting a number of industries, the nation’s employers are sure to embrace the nearly 3 million students who will graduate with bachelor’s or...
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2018 Teen Summer Jobs Finish Strong, Up 8 Percent From 2017
Teen hiring in July rose 62 percent from the 190,000 jobs added in the same month last year, as 307,000 workers aged 16 to 19 found employment, according to analysis of non-seasonally adjusted data...
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Historical Analysis: Fewer Job Seekers Relocating for New Positions
The percentage of job seekers relocating for new employment has fallen dramatically since the late 1980s, when over one-third of job seekers were willing to move for a new position. Just 11 percent of...
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Child Care Benefits May Trend As Companies Struggle to Find Workers
Last Tuesday, Starbucks announced a new childcare benefit as part of their overall compensation plan. The coffee giant partnered with Care.com to give the option for employees to pay $1 per hour for...
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Holiday Hiring Announcements Most On Record
With Amazon’s announcement that the company will hire 100,000 seasonal workers, holiday hiring announcements this year have surpassed the previous record total of nearly 696,000 seasonal jobs set in...
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Discouraged Workers, Now Is The Time To Get Back In The Job Market
The unemployment rate in the United States is historically low, sitting around 3.7 percent in September, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS). However, the current low employment rate...
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