Employment Activity Dips Less Than a Point CareerCast.com/JobSerf Employment Index November 2011 November Hiring Overall November Hiring by Job Title November Hiring by City November Hiring by Region As the holiday season gets into full swing, hiring levels remain fairly steady with only a slight dip in employment activity in November. According to the CareerCast.com/ JobSerf Employment Index, hiring activity ended at 103.5 in November, a drop of 0.9 points from October. The overall index is still trending positively as managerial hiring activity is nearly 30 points higher than it was in November, 2009.
Q. I want to get a raise but also realize that I’m lucky to have a job. Are there rules about negotiating a raise? A. In coaching people, I’ve discovered that they fall into two categories of salary negotiators. People in the first group want more money but haven’t earned it. Those in the second group want more money and are worth twice what they’re earning but are scared to ask. If you fall into the first group, your job is to realize you...
Question: While the economy is in the pits, my company is having a record year and is sitting on a mountain of cash. Yet, we employees are not getting a share of their fortune. Shouldn't we be rewarded for our exceptional effort in a tough market?
As the merriment of the holiday season weaves its way through the land, your job search shouldn’t embrace a silent night . Though most job seekers assume the time between Thanksgiving and New Year’s is a dead zone for hiring, it’s not true. Jobs are filled year-round and companies are agnostic when trying to fill open positions at year end.
It should come as no surprise to you that many Americans claim to hate their jobs. A 2010 survey by the Conference Board research group showed that only 45 percent of Americans are satisfied with their jobs. A good number of unhappy workers report dissatisfaction with their direct supervisor. This often stems from a boss who is verbally abusive, or one who fails to properly communicate with or manage employees. Often it is simply a matter of two personalities that simply do not work well together.
With official unemployment rates at over 9% and some analysts saying that when you add the under–employed and those who have given up looking for work, it’s over 15% of the workforce, many workers have begun to anticipate that dreaded feeling of being told that their services are no longer needed. Anyone who has experienced a termination knows it has severe emotional and physical consequences including depression and small to large persistent physical ailments.
Despite retailers gearing up for the holiday season, hiring dropped for most cities in October. San Francisco is the only city on our list to see any positive (2% gain) employment activity during the month. The biggest losers in hiring activity this month were Louisville (-22%), Memphis (-20%) and Milwaukee (-16%).
Employment Activity Raises Slightly in October CareerCast.com/JobSerf Employment Index October 2011 October Hiring Overall October Hiring by Job Title October Hiring by City October Hiring by Region Managerial hiring nationally rose 1.9 points in October to 104.4, as U.S. companies added just a small number of salaried jobs to their payrolls, according to the CareerCast.com/ JobSerf Employment index.