Turnover among the nation’s chief executive officers declined slightly in September as 107 planned CEO departures were reported, down 5.6 percent from the 113 in August, according to a report released Wednesday by global outplacement consultancy Challenger, Gray & Christmas, Inc. The September total was up...
Original Article: Companies Hiring the Most Right Now Retailers are expected to hire more than 700,000 seasonal workers between October and December, according to outplacement firm Challenger, Gray & Christmas....
Job Cuts Decline From 6-Month High Published OCTOBER 3, 2013 Planned job cuts fell to their lowest level in three months, as U.S.-based employers announced plans to reduce payrolls by 40,289 in September. That was down 20 percent from August, when job cuts reached a six-month high of...
The government shutdown that went into effect today, due to the inability of Congress to negotiate an agreement on a new budget, could have dire consequences for the economy at large, according to John A. Challenger, chief executive officer of global outplacement consultancy Challenger, Gray...
PUBLISHED SepTEMBER 23, 2013 Annual Holiday Hiring Forecast for 2013 While retail holiday hiring hit a 12-year high in 2012, shaky consumer confidence and increased efficiencies among retailers may prevent seasonal employment gains from reaching such lofty heights this year, according to an outlook released Monday by...
Original Article: Getting A Job, It Is About Who You Know Referrals are “your way in the back door to companies,” said John Challenger, chief executive of Challenger, Gray & Christmas, an outplacement firm. “Everybody is trying to barge through the front door, sending a resume out,...
Published on: Sep 20, 2013 Original Article: Don't Ignore These Five Signs of Impending Layoffs "It's true that when you watch your co-workers get pink-slipped one after the other, it takes a huge hit to your confidence and career security. [But] it does not necessarily mean you're next,...
Published on: Sep 18, 2013 Employers’ need for talent may, in fact, be helping to boost relocation. In a small sampling of approximately 50 human resources executives by Challenger, nearly 40 percent indicated that their company actively recruits potential candidates from outside the local area due to...
Published on: Sep 12, 2013 The firing this week of Pax Dickinson, the chief technology officer of online news site Business Insider, for comments he made on Twitter, should serve as a powerful reminder that social media should be treated with great care. “Social media sites like Twitter,...
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