If you’re scaling up your business or just looking for someone with a specific specialty, a freelancer can be the way to go. Freelancers are flexible, specialized in a skill-set and offer a new perspective on problems your company is trying to solve. However, hiring a freelancer can be a challenge. In order to hire a freelancer, you often have ...
Heading into the holiday season, job market growth continues at a steady rate. 2016 is on track to finish as an altogether strong year for hiring, with the Department of Labor reporting 161,000 new jobs added to the U.S. economy in October 2016. The unemployment rate has remained consistently at or just below 5 percent for the year, closing October ...
The U.S. economy added 156,000 new jobs in September 2016, per data released by the Department of Labor on Friday. That's a solid add -- not historic by any measure, but strong before the typical surge that comes with holiday hiring in October and November. The autumn months are often some of the best for employment. The last two years, ...
Consumer confidence in the United States is at a nine-year high, per The Conference Board's Consumer Confidence Index . That's a positive reflection on the current job market, and vice versa. The 104.1 score approaches the Index's August 2007 peak, in part due to reported increases in job openings. The Labor Department's Sept. 2016 Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey ...
The job market is becoming increasingly competitive as millennials start to take over the workforce and more and more people are getting a college education. What’s more, the gig economy is expanding and forever changing how people work and how companies hire. This begs the question -- what happened to the career path? The infographic below -- compiled by HonorSociety.org ...
A red-hot summer of hiring cooled, per the August 2016 employment numbers released by the Department of Labor on Friday. The 151,000 new jobs added fell roughly 30,000 shy of economist estimates, and about 120,000 below the huge employment adds made in both June and July. The decent, if not disappointment employment numbers suggest the Federal Reserve could hold off ...
The late 19th and early 20th centuries shaped the American workplace like no era since. In the years after theAmerican Civil War, the economy shifted from agrarian-based to industrial, and the rapid transition remained the standard until only the last few decades, when the economy has become technological. Part of the shift in the economic foundation of the United States ...
Most business owners are tasked with hiring at some point in the life cycle of their organization, yet not all business owners are intrinsically gifted hirers. How can you know how to hire effectively if you are a nonprofessional hirer? For those lacking the experience necessary to make the right hire, consider the following, 100% actionable tips your guide to ...