The pace of downsizing declined slightly in the second month of the new year, as U.S.-based employers announced plans to cut payrolls by 41,835 in February. The February total was 7.3 percent lower than the 45,107 job cuts employers announced to kick off 2014,...
The percentage of job seekers relocating for new positions climbed to its highest level since 2009, as rising home values and the improving job market made it easier to pull up stakes. Increased mobility among job seekers could help accelerate the recovery and provide...
Original Article: http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2014-02-19/teenagers-spurn-working-as-scho...
Published on: Feb 18, 2014 Original Article: http://dealbook.nytimes.com/2014/02/12/chief-executive-turnover-high-in-...
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 employed or actively seeking employment. The remaining 37.5 percent, so the story goes,...
The percentage of former managers and executives starting their own business rose in 2013 to its highest level since the end of the recession, according to a new survey. The increase in entrepreneurial activity among displaced professionals belies recent trends in the wider labor...
Published on: Feb 12, 2014 Turnover among the nation’s chief executive officers surged 32.3 percent in January to its highest level in nearly four years. A total of 131 CEOs left their posts during the month, up from 99 in December, according to a report released Wednesday...
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After falling to a 13-year low in December, monthly job cuts surged nearly 50 percent to kick off 2014, as U.S.-based employers announced plans to reduce their payrolls by 45,107 in January, according to the latest report on monthly job cuts released Thursday by global...
After climbing to a three-year high in 2012, planned job cuts announced by firms in the technology sector declined by 32 percent in 2013 as employers focused on hiring in several growing areas, including big data, cloud computing and security, according to a semi-annual report...
Original Article: http://www.cnbc.com/id/101366918 Published on: Jan 30, 2014 "The high-flying bonus-filled jobs aren't extinct—but applicants will be hard-pressed to find them at the trading desks of the big Wall Street banks. Now, the mid to senior-level openings are turning up at hedge funds and asset management and private...
Data Breaches Could Create Jobs Recent large-scale data breaches at retailers such as Target, Neiman Marcus, and Michaels have made waves recently as thousands of consumers scramble to recover or track their credit. The events may have an unexpected outcome, however, as more companies begin to...
