Original Article: A Job Engine Sputters as Hospitals Cut Staff Health care providers announced more layoffs than any other industry last month — 8,128 — largely because of reductions by hospitals, according to outplacement firm Challenger Gray and Christmas. So far this year, the health care...
A just-released survey showing that more Americans age 50 and older plan to delay retirement presents some unique challenges to the nation’s employers. In one respect, companies will benefit from these workers’ knowledge and experience, according to workplace authority John A. Challenger, chief executive...
In its annual holiday hiring forecast, global outplacement firm Challenger, Gray & Christmas predicted holiday hiring to remain flat or decline slightly from last year’s record levels. However, even with a slight decline in overall hiring, national retail chains are expected to hire tens...
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,...
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