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Online Labor Demand Rises 90,900 in April, The Conference Board Reports

2012-04-30 06:22:40

NEW YORK, April 30, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Online advertised vacancies rose 90,900 in April to 4,760,500, according to The Conference Board Help Wanted OnLine® (HWOL) Data Series released today. The April rise is the fifth consecutive monthly rise and has led to the series' highest level to date. The Supply/Demand rate stands at 2.7 unemployed for every vacancy, and the number of unemployed was 8 million above the number of advertised vacancies. "Labor demand continues its...

Wage Growth in the U.S. Will Feel Effects of Great Recession for Years to Come

2012-04-26 06:22:28

NEW YORK, April 26, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- The Great Recession has confronted U.S. workers with an extended buyer's market in jobs, according to a new Executive Action Report from The Conference Board, leading to overall wage growth between 2008 and 2010 that was the weakest since the 1960s. Feeling the Pain: Wage Growth in the United States examines prevailing trends in recent U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics data, and finds workers and wages still reeling from the downtown, with...

IT Job Growth Strong in March; Hitting Another All-Time High

2012-04-09 10:26:35

ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 9, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- After another strong month of IT employment growth in March, IT employment reached another all-time high. In March, the number of IT jobs grew by 15,000 or 0.4 percent sequentially to 4,146,300, according to TechServe Alliance, a collaboration of IT services firms, clients, consultants and suppliers. The first quarter of 2012 marks more than two years of consecutive quarterly growth in IT employment. "While overall...

U.S. Private-Sector Employment Increased by 209,000 Jobs in March, According to ADP National Employment Report

2012-04-04 02:34:27

ROSELAND, N.J., April 4, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Private-sector employment increased by 209,000 from February to March on a seasonally adjusted basis, according to the latest ADP National Employment Report® released today. The ADP National Employment Report, created by Automatic Data Processing, Inc. (ADP®), in partnership with Macroeconomic Advisers, LLC, is derived from actual payroll data and measures the change in total nonfarm private employment each month. Estimated gains for...

Online Labor Demand Rises 246,300 in March, The Conference Board Reports

2012-04-02 06:23:28

NEW YORK, April 2, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Online advertised vacancies rose 246,300 in March to 4,669,600, according to The Conference Board Help Wanted OnLine® (HWOL) Data Series released today. The March rise is the fourth consecutive monthly rise. The Supply/Demand rate stands at 2.9 unemployed for every vacancy; however, nationally there are still 8.4 million more unemployed than advertised vacancies. "The March sharp rise in labor demand continued to narrow the gap...

Industry Employers Gain Another Tool to Meet Growing Labour Requirements as the Electricity Sector Council (ESC) Launches Their Internationally Trained Worker Resource Kit

2012-03-29 06:22:20

OTTAWA, March 29, 2012 /PRNewswire/ - Currently, immigrants represent only 13% of the total labour force in Canada's utilities industry (the electricity and renewables sector being a key component) - well below the national average of 19% of immigrants employed in all industries. This means other industries are facing similar challenges with skill shortages and are pursuing Internationally Trained Workers (ITWs) as a source of talent. In this context, the ESC developed a...

Serving the Hardest to Serve

2012-03-22 10:22:59

BALTIMORE, March 22, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- National Transitional Jobs Network (NTJN) is hosting its conference 2012 National Transitional Jobs Network Conference: Restoring the Promise of Work: Subsidized Employment and Transitional Jobs here in Baltimore on April 12-13, 2012 at the Renaissance Baltimore Harborplace Hotel. Goodwill Industries of the Chesapeake is proud to be a premier sponsor of this national event to help showcase an innovative way to provide employment...

Pennsylvania's Employment Situation for February 2012

2012-03-22 06:23:52

HARRISBURG, Pa., March 22, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Pennsylvania's seasonally adjusted unemployment rate was 7.6 percent in February, unchanged from the January rate. Pennsylvania's unemployment rate was below the U.S. rate of 8.3 percent, and has been below the U.S. rate for 46 consecutive months, and at or below the U.S. rate for 64 consecutive months. The state's unemployment rate was down 0.4 percentage points from February 2011. Pennsylvania's seasonally adjusted...

Training Funding Partners announces $183 million awarded by Department of Labor for Technical Skills Training in High-Growth Industries

2012-03-17 23:00:39

43 Public-Private partnerships in 28 states receive federal grants to provide education, training and job placement assistance for U. S. workers Tustin, CA (PRWEB) March 17, 2012 Training Funding Partners (TFP) has been delivering funding for training cost reduction to companies since 1994. While businesses continue to deliver employee training to increase job skills, support the roll out of new products, processes and procedures, and comply with other requirements, the increasing skills...

Even With Local Economy in Rough Times, Local Business -- Top Test Prep -- Adding up to 100 New Jobs to Economy

2012-03-15 07:00:00

WASHINGTON, March 15, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Increased hiring in professional and business services proved to be the engine that drove unemployment numbers in January to their lowest levels in three years. Small businesses like Top Test Prep from the Metro D.C. area have committed to adding jobs across the nation, resulting in a boost to economic growth in the midst of an unusually slow recovery. The latest figures from the Department of Labor show that unemployment has fallen for the...