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Layoffs Rise over The same period last year

2018 Seasonal Hiring Update   Published September 17, 2018  Hiring Updates Gap will hire 65,000 for the holidays. Kohl's will hire 90,000. UPS will hire 100,000.   Last Thursday, Target announced it planned to hire 120,000 workers for the holiday season, surpassing last year by 20 percent. This is the largest...

  Retail, Transport & Warehousing Stock Up On Holiday Staff   PUBLISHED September 13, 2018 UPDATE: Target's Thursday announcement of 120,000 seasonal hires is the largest holiday hiring announcement from a brick-and-mortar retailer on record, according to Challenger tracking. UPDATE 2: JC Penney announced they will hire "over...

Turnover among CEOs of U.S.-based companies soared in August, as 154 chief executive officers left their posts during the month. This is the month with the highest number of CEO changes on record, according to a report released Wednesday by global outplacement consultancy and executive...

The pace of downsizing in August rose to the third-highest total for the year, as U.S.-based employers announced plans to cut 38,472 jobs, according to a report released Thursday by global outplacement and executive coaching firm Challenger, Gray & Christmas, Inc. August’s job cut plans are...

Published on: Sep 5, 2018 The pace of downsizing in August rose to the third-highest total for the year, as U.S.-based employers announced plans to cut 38,472 jobs, according to a report released Thursday by global outplacement and executive coaching firm Challenger, Gray & Christmas, Inc. August’s job...

The onset of new recruitment technologies and ubiquitous online job boards has led most companies to post at least some of their positions online in order to cast the widest net. However, the recruitment strategy that includes posting job ads to social media may miss...

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