NEW YORK, June 29, 2011…Online advertised vacancies were down 99,700 in June to 4,371,500, according to The Conference Board Help Wanted OnLine™ (HWOL) Data Series released today. The June drop partially offsets the rise of 148,800 in May. The Supply/Demand rate stands at 3.11, indicating there were just over 3 unemployed for every online advertised [...]
The Mayor’s Office of Economic and Business Policy (OEBP) has launched an e-newsletter. Each month, OEBP will announce new resources and developments through this publication. OEBP publishes the Los Angeles Works newsletter to advance its mission of retaining, growing and attracting quality jobs and businesses to Los Angeles. See the first issue here: http://www.losangelesworks.org/newsletters.cfm#nl3 Sign [...]
To Friends of The WorkPlace , Our project to help the 99er’s, our long term unemployed is ready to begin. I‘m pleased to report that we have raised more than $500,000 in private investment to support the program. The initiative dubbed “Platform to Employment” (P2E), is an exercise to develop ways and means to enhance [...]
Efforts by Leading Manufacturers will help prepare 500,000 Workers for Cutting-Edge Manufacturing Jobs. Today at Northern Virginia Community College, President Obama will announce a major expansion of Skills for America’s Future, an industry led initiative to dramatically improve industry partnerships with community colleges and build a nation-wide network to maximize workforce development strategies, job training [...]
With the nation’s unemployment rate still above 9 percent and a steady stream of worrisome labor news (the latest statistic: 429,000 new unemployment claims last week), federal policymakers are facing pressure to do something about joblessness. The giant 2009 stimulus bill was supposed to cut unemployment to less than 7 percent by now — but [...]
The Insight Center for Community Economic Development (Insight Center) seeks a Director to provide leadership and direction to our Workforce Development Program. This position is primarily responsible for a national effort to provide jobs for marginalized populations. Organizational Overview The Insight Center is a 41-year old national research, consulting and legal organization that is [...]
June Staffing Jobs Up 9% From a Year Ago. Data released Friday by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics show seasonally adjusted staffing industry employment remained relatively unchanged in May, with temporary help payrolls down 1,200 (-0.1%) from April. In a year-to-year comparison, temporary help employment is 9.1% higher than June of last year. “Recoveries [...]
Indeed’s Industry Employment Trends, a leading indicator for the job market, show online job postings were relatively unchanged in June. Highlights: Real estate job postings increased for the first time in 2011 Manufacturing job postings slowed Retail declined slightly over the prior month Further analysis and detailed June Industry Employment Trends are available on the [...]
