Will 80,000 Seasonal Workers Improve Home Depot’s Customer Service?
Home Depot has announced plans to hire 80,000 new workers in full-time, part-time, and seasonal as it prepares for the annual burst of spring home improvement shopping.
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Why Women Don’t Get Promoted
A new report on women in the workplace indicates that progress toward more gender diversity is not just slow. It's nearly undetectable.
Strong Economy Conundrum: 1 Million More Job Openings Than Available Workers
It turns out that the jobs market can keep improving. In the Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey indicated that the number of job openings reached a new record high in December.
20 Strike Sidelined 485,000 People Last Year
Major strikes kept a total of nearly half a million people out of work for some period last year. The Bureau of Labor Statistics listed 20 work stoppages as major strikes. BLS data show…
Black Unemployment Is 70% Above National Rate
According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, the economy added 304,000 jobs in January and the national unemployment rate was 4%. The level for Black Americans was 6.8% which is about what the number…
January Layoffs Up 21% to 53,000
In a worrying start to the year, major companies laid off 52,988 workers in January, up 20.7% from December and up 18.7% from January a year ago. The data show a mixed trend. Long…
Shutdown Squashing Interest in Government Jobs Among Current, Potential Workers
Furloughed federal workers, including those who are working but not being paid, will miss their second paycheck Friday. Missing pay is driving up job searches among furloughed workers and driving down interest among job-seekers.
Lost Manufacturing Jobs Create King-Size Ripple Effects
Lost manufacturing jobs have a wide-ranging effect on employment in other sectors according to a new report from the Economic Policy Institute.
Number of Women CEOs Rose Significantly in 2018
The number of women who replaced men as CEOs in 2018 was significantly higher than in any year since Challenger, Gray & Christmas has been tracking gender data.
Unemployment Drops Below 3% in 10 States
In December, the unemployment rate was 3.9% nationwide, according to new data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics. However, in ten states, it was much lower than that, dropping below 3% in each one…
More Than 1,400 US CEOs Left Their Jobs in 2018
More than 1,400 U.S. CEOs left their jobs in 2018, the most since 2008 and the second-highest total on record at Challenger, Gray & Christmas, the outplacement firm that has reported the data since…
Artificial Intelligence as a Job Creator Rather Than a Job Killer
The rise of the machines is coming. What if, despite all of these job-killing fears, they actually prove to be jobs-makers?
Black Unemployment at 6.6%, 70% Higher Than National Average
The December jobs report was almost entirely positive. But one group has not done nearly as well. Black unemployment was almost 70% above the national average.
10 Best (and Worst) Months for Jobs Since the Recession
The new U.S. Bureau of Labor report of monthly net job additions and unemployment showed the economy added more than 310,000 jobs, the eighth best month in the decade since the Great Recession.
Unemployment Rate Rises for All the Right Reasons
There is some great news in the U.S. Department of Labor's December jobs report, but it also comes with a catch.