marley12, Author at Integrated Staffing

09 Mar Total nonfarm payroll employment increased by 236,000 in February

Posted at 19:45h in Blog Post

Following is the text of the February employment report from the Labor Department. Total nonfarm payroll employment increased by 236,000 in February, and the unemployment rate edged down to 7.7 percent, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. Employment increased in professional and business services,...

09 Feb Number of American filing for jobless benefits hits a five-year low

Posted at 19:32h in Blog Post

The number of Americans filing new claims for jobless benefits fell last week and a trend reading hit a near five-year low, pointing to ongoing healing in the labor market. Initial claims for state unemployment benefitsdropped by 5,000 to a seasonally adjusted 366,000, the Labor Department...

25 Jan A Clever, Clever Resume

Posted at 23:41h in Blog Post, Resume

Dubost, a web product manager, built a webpage that is a near-perfect ringer for an Amazon.com product page, with himself as the product. What a great way to generate interest in a valuable commodity, himself! He created a stir and has received so many responses that he...

18 Jan Saratoga Business Journal Article 1/2013

Posted at 21:24h in Blog Post

Check out Dhianna Yezzi's article in the January edition of the Saratoga Business Journal: Employment Outlook-2013 With the fiscal cliff negotiations behind us and despite the upcoming debt ceiling debates, the employment outlook for 2013 should continue its positive, albeit slow, pace. After 34 straight months of job growth, the positive...

28 Dec Capital Region Unemployment Rate and the fiscal cliff

Posted at 20:34h in Uncategorized

The Capital Region's unemployment rate held at 6.8 percent in November, the same as it was a year ago despite the fact that the area gained 4,000 jobs during the year, according to the Labor Department. The number of unemployed rose to 30,300 people from 29,800...

14 Dec Jobless Rates Continue to Drop

Posted at 15:56h in Uncategorized

The number of American workers seeking unemployment aid fell by much more than expected in the latest week, a sign that the labor market continues to improve, albeit slowly. The Labor Department reported Thursday that new jobless claims dropped a seasonally-adjusted 29,000 to 343,000, the lowest...

02 Nov Payroll Employment increases by 171,000 in October, surprising experts.

Posted at 14:51h in Uncategorized

Total nonfarm payroll employment increased by 171,000 in October, and the unemployment rate was essentially unchanged at 7.9 percent. Employment rose in professional and business services, health care, and retail trade. U.S. employers stepped up hiring in October and the jobless rate ticked higher as more...

26 Oct Clark Kent Quits the Newspaper Industry

Posted at 19:15h in Uncategorized

Clark Kent/Superman resigned from his decades long position at the Daily Planet! In the comic book series' latest issue, which went on sale Wednesday, an outraged Clark Kent quits his job at The Daily Planet after his boss berates him. "I was taught to believe you could...

12 Oct The Real Jobs-Numbers Mistake

Posted at 13:22h in Uncategorized

Matthew Yglesias of Slate. com revealed another side of the employment numbers that has been accounted for. Some more good news! It’s much more likely that we’re undercounting job growth at small businesses than overcounting it. If a small business closes or opens, how does the BLS...

08 Oct Unemployment Rate Falls 1/2 a percentage point

Posted at 16:42h in Uncategorized

The below article is from the Wall Street Journal. Not great news but at least the rate is going down! And keep in mind that in its annual revision to its employment data, the Labor Department said Thursday that 386,000 more jobs were created in the...