Spotting Innovative Talent – External and Internal to Your Company
The job market is a lagging indicator for the economy. And over the last several months, readings from each of the different national surveys have been positive. To accompany those reports is an underlying uptick in stories about how to hire innovative personnel. These individuals will always command a market for their skills, so its [...]
December 2011 Jobs Report and Wages
Here are the job market and compensation numbers for December 2011 (based on the job report): * Net gain of 200,000 jobs in the month – Analysts expected an overall gain of 150,000 – Private sector payrolls increased by 212,000 – Private sector service providing industries added 164,000 jobs – Private sector goods [...]
November 2011 Jobs Report and Wages
Here are the job market and compensation numbers for November 2011 (based on the job report): * Net gain of 120,000 jobs in the month – Analysts expected an overall gain of 110,000 – Private sector payrolls increased by 140,000 – Private sector service providing industries added 146,000 jobs – Private sector goods [...]
October 2011 Jobs Report and Wages
Here are the job market and compensation numbers for October 2011 (based on the job report): Net gain of 80,000 jobs in the month (revised to a gain of 100,000) – Analysts expected an overall gain of 98,000 – Private sector payrolls increased by 104,000 – Private sector service providing industries added 114,000 jobs [...]
“My ideas play and fight all night – drives me crazy…”
There’s a few people in my life that seem to have a way with words. I envy them. I recently had lunch with a friend, a friend who seems to imagine a different world. He started to riff: “My ideas play and fight all night – drives me crazy. I wake up and they sleep [...]
September 2011 Jobs Report and Wages
Revised to a gain of 210,000 jobsHere are the job market and compensation numbers for September 2011 (based on the job report): Net gain of 103,000 jobs in the month (final revision to a gain of 210,000 jobs) – Analysts expected an overall gain of 65,000 – Private sector payrolls increased by 137,000 – Private sector service providing industries added [...]
August 2011 Jobs Report and Wages
Here are the job market and compensation numbers for August 2011 (based on the job report): No change in the month (revised to a gain of 57,000 jobs, also close to the original estimate) Analysts expected a median gain of 60,000 jobs or about half of July’s total Private sector payrolls increased by 17,000 —Private [...]
The Right Formula for a Startup
A Company Demonstrating InconsistencyEvery week there’s a story about a sure thing startup in the news. The idea is usually the hiding in plain sight kind, where it’s such an obvious opportunity that you’re amazed no one has thought of it before. A can’t miss. Unfortunately, many of these companies turn out to be Tuesday morning commutes – [...]
July 2011 Jobs Report and Wages
Here are the job market and compensation numbers for July 2011 (based on the job report): Net gain of 117,000 jobs in the month Analysts expected an overall gain of 75,000 Private sector payrolls increased by 154,000; it was revised to a gain of 80,000 in June Private sector service providing industries added 112,000 jobs [...]
The Advantage of Change
Change is inevitable. Sometimes its having a bagel instead of yogurt and you don’t really notice. Other times it feels like a sky diver looking back up at the plane. You’re frightened, but you’re committed. Life moves on. I’ve recently left a job, the one I’ve had for eleven years. It wasn’t easy to leave. [...]