Topic: Economic Indicators

Future of the Paralegal Career Field

The future of the paralegal career field is wide open. Contact Fremont College today for more information about our paralegal program, and take the next step towards your future! READ MORE›

Infographic of the Day: The Jobless Rate for People Like You

Some demographics have been hit hard by the recession--while others haven't.READ MORE›

It’s the Digital Economy, Stupid

While a variety of reasons exist for why President Clinton defeated President Bush, Sr. in 1992, a primary reason was his focus on the economy.  We saw a replay of this scenario in 2008 with President-elect Obama defeating his rival, ...READ MORE›

Is the Job Market Improving?

A new Labor Department report offers some cause for celebration--and concern. But, hey: celebration!READ MORE›

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Careers: Job Listings - A Sign of the Times

The exodus of job listings from print to online highlights an inexorable trend that bodes well for job seekers and employers but is moving newspapers to the endangered species list. Searching for jobs, rather than browsing them, is ...READ MORE›

India - The Super Job Creator

A recent study shows that India is by far the highest new jobs creator in the world. It may be celebration time for Indians, but is this also the right time to reflect on aspects that could bring the party crashing down? Well, ...READ MORE›

April 2010 Hiring Trends Show Slow Employment Improvements

Details on job markets by metro, industry, function, and level ...READ MORE›

Keep June's Jobless Data in the Rear View

With job losses in nearly every industry, the June unemployment numbers (9.5% unemployment rate, 467K jobs lost) show that the already tough job market has some distance to go before turning the corner. Hopeful signs exist, but people ...READ MORE›

Reshaping America's Mobile Workforce

Over thirty-five million workers in the United States commute via mobile office workspaces thus America is quickly acquiring a new nickname as; Freelance Nation. The reality of the corporate shift towards more ...READ MORE›

Unemployment Report: Some Positive News

  The Bureau of Labor Statistics' unemployment report for October caused a big stir last week. The rate jumped to 6.5 percent from 6.1 percent in September. This is reportedly the highest national unemployment figure in 14 ...READ MORE›

Noel Brinkley

Noel Brinkley Company news: Troubled lender CIT (CIT, Fortune 500) launched a debt-exchange plan as part of its efforts to restructure and avoid bankruptcy. But the company said if the plan is not successful, it will likely file for Chapter 11 protection. A VAT is tax on consumption similar to a national sales tax. But it's not just paid at the cash register. It's levied at every stage of production. So all businesses involved in making a product or performing a service would pay a VAT. And then the end-user -- such as the retail customer -- ponies up as well. No one is suggesting raising taxes or creating new ones before the economy stabilizes. Noel BrinkleyREAD MORE›

For Lasting Salary Damage, Get Hired in a Recession

New grads entering the job market have come to expect that during touch economic times -- like the present -- they may have to settle for a lower salary to get a job. But that flexibility may result in income damage that could take ...READ MORE›

Nearly a Third of U.S. Already at 10% Unemployment

New July unemployment figures show that 15 states have already reached 10% unemployment, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics.Many economists and pundits have focused like vultures on the national jobless rate rising to 10% ...READ MORE›

The Infrastructure-Manufacturing Connection

In my recent book 200 Best Jobs for Renewing America, I describe six large fields whose growth will be essential for the United States to remain competitive in the world economy. These fields are education, infrastructure, health ...READ MORE›

Sustainable Job Employment Solutions For USA

By James Rickman, November 8, 2009 This article contains practical job solutions for Americans. So far much of the national focus has been on getting employers to hire i.e. add jobs instead given the global economic stagnation it’s much more realistic and effective to enable unemployed individuals to "create" their own jobs by fostering small business entrepreneurship. There’s a measurable, huge difference between the two approaches. It’s the key to achieving sustainable economic recovery in America. READ MORE›

Fuzzy (Jobs) Math

This bit from Bethany McLean's Street Life column yesterday was just too good not to pluck out for the FC blog: "Do you believe the job statistics? Texas Hedge Report, one of my favorite publications, writes that they believe those ...READ MORE›

Great Opportunities in a Shrinking Industry Sector

Yesterday it was announced that Fisker Automotive, a company based in Irvine, California, will buy and retool a former GM assembly plant in Wilmington, Delaware, with the goal of manufacturing plug-in hybrid cars. The purchase of ...READ MORE›

More Fun With Indices!

The next three to six months look good according to one often cited economic index.READ MORE›

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What Is Undermining USA Job Creation?

What key factors are undermining job creation in the USA? What must be done to turn this situation around?READ MORE›

Maybe Beige Really Is the New Black

Yesterday the Federal Reserve issued findings from a recent survey of the economy, something it calls the Beige Book (which is totally not code for a new Pottery Barn catalogue). In compiling the report, the Fed slices the country ...READ MORE›

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Moving Toward a Green Economy

On January 5, NPR’s “Morning Edition” did a feature about a once-defunct Polaroid film factory in New Bedford, Massachusetts, that has reopened to manufacture solar panels. (I thank my friend Jeff Doshna for calling this ...READ MORE›

A Common Good, An Introduction

This blog is part of our Inspired Ethonomics seriesBottom Line (or rather, triple bottom line):  business can—and should—contribute toward the common good. In today’s world, behaving irresponsibly and unethically is no ...READ MORE›

Flaherty and the Canadian Housing Bubble

Yes, Canada has a housing bubble, in fact a humongous housing bubble! Yet the Canadian government who created the bubble wouldn't acknowledge it. For those who don't know CMHC is a crown corporation which mandate is to make housing ...READ MORE›

Infographic of the Day: Obama Says "I Inherited This Mess" With a Chart [WITH WAR OF THE INFOGRAPHICS UPDATE!]

A chart marking the first anniversary of the stimulus package makes a case for the Obama administration's effectiveness at saving jobs. READ MORE›

The Status of the Stimulus Plan

I was supposed to be a guest on the Today Show earlier this week to speak about job-hunting, specifically the effects on jobs of the stimulus package--the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009. But I had to bow out because ...READ MORE›