2014 will continue to be a transitional year for employment.  Although there will be an uptick o hiring, employers are still hesitant to bring on associates due to outside factors including the upcoming Affordable Care Act and Washington’s debt ceiling dilemma.  In employment trends, the...

The unemployment rate declined from 7.3 percent to 7.0 percent in November, and total nonfarm payroll employment rose by 203,000,the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. Employment increased in transportation and warehousing, health care, and manufacturing. The robust gain suggested that the economy may have...

As the government shutdown enters Day 4, estimated losses for the US economy have now topped $1.2 billion according to IHS predictions. The September jobs report was set to be released today, but has now been delayed while the Labor Department is furloughed. The IHS predicts that...

E-verification is annoying and time consuming. In addition, the system has faced a barrage of criticism over the years for being flawed in its design and implementation. The system erroneously flags authorized workers, especially naturalized citizens and it has a difficult time identifying fraud, such as when undocumented immigrants use false papers to get hired. In addition, the associates that are flagged are rarely offered any opportunity to correct the situation. In addition, Kentucky GOP Sen. Rand Paul has expressed concerns that the photo verification portion of the E-Verify system could lead National ID’s.

Firefighters fighting the Colorado Blackforest Fire left the following note for homeowners whose house they saved. The note read: “Sorry for tracking the upstairs carpet, needed to close windows to keep fire out!” The homeowner, who posted a picture of the note under the Reddit screen name Nmky77,...

Your resume is the first impression. What is on your resume; the content, the verbiage and the style can all make a difference on whether you receive a phone call for follow up or whether your your resume will end up in a database. 1. Add...

Check out this post:http://jobs.aol.com/articles/2013/04/23/best-jobs-careercast/. Apparently the best job in America is an actuary.  Number 10 is a computer analyst.  In between are occupational therapists, physical therapists and optometrists.  The best jobs in America seem to be in the strongest industries: Healthcare, IT and Insurance. Of course, not...

Integrated Staffing has jobs! Lots of them! In so many different arenas and industries.  We've also expanded into the NYC market, working with various government entities, supplying computer support professionals. So what are the benefits of working as a contract employee with ISC? Other than than health...

U.S. employers hired at the slowest pace in nearly a year in March, adding only 88,000 jobs to non-farm payrolls, with steep job cuts in the retail and government sectors, including 12,000 at the U.S. Postal Service, according to a Labor Department report released Friday. Economists...