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The Motley Fool
December 9, 2010
Morgan Housel |
Crazy Unemployment Numbers Why you can't find a job even as they open up.   |
Job Journal
June 2, 2013
John A. Challenger |
Career Pros: Labor Shortage Looms While Millions Jobless How can we have staffing shortages when millions are unemployed? A multitude of mismatches are to blame. |
The Motley Fool
July 19, 2011
Morgan Housel |
Where All The Jobs Went Here's a sobering statistic: All nine recessions between 1948 and 1990 saw employment return to pre-recession levels within 31 months. Today, 42 months after our recession began, we've only regained about a fifth of lost jobs. |
Finance & Development
September 2010
Ceyda Oner |
Back to Basics: What Constitutes Unemployment? Earlier this year, the International Labor Office announced that global unemployment last year reached the highest level on record. More than 200 million people, 7 percent of the global workforce, were looking for jobs in 2009. |
U.S. Banker
June 2011
Mark R. Pawlak |
Sizing Up the Labor Force A drop in unemployment is typically associated with growth in the labor force. But in the current market, that's not happening, which makes the Fed's job more difficult. |
Job Journal
January 17, 2010 |
2010 Job Market Outlook: Job Growth Begins to Take Hold as Employers Gain Confidence 2009 began with the largest downsizing the American job market has received in over a decade. With all future forecasts predicting job growth, the question remains, when will job creation finally begin to outpace job elimination? |
The Motley Fool
January 21, 2011
Morgan Housel |
It's So Much Better (Or Worse) Than You Think Most of the economy isn't doing that bad. A small group is pulling the averages down. |
The Motley Fool
June 29, 2010
Morgan Housel |
Unemployed? This Might Explain Why All unemployment isn't created equal. For the young and uneducated, this truly is a depression. For the older and the educated, it's not so bad. |
The Motley Fool
August 31, 2010
Morgan Housel |
The Popular Lunacy of Blaming Those Lazy Unemployed Funny solutions by Robert Barro. |
Finance & Development
December 2010
Dao & Loungani |
The Tragedy of Unemployment Governments can do more to alleviate joblessness and its human costs. |
The Motley Fool
January 9, 2012
Morgan Housel |
A Big Upgrade for America's Jobs Market Finally, good news. |
Job Journal
December 11, 2011
John A. Challenger |
Job Market Recovery Slow but Steady Reading news stories about the struggling economy and the slow pace of job creation can give one the impression that hiring doesn't happen until a new job is created. But, in fact, employers hire millions every month regardless of the job count. |
BusinessWeek
September 6, 2004
Michael J. Mandel |
The Economy: Advantage Bush? Maybe. Clinton won reelection in '96 with similar conditions. Yet there are real differences, as well, that could open up opportunities for Kerry. The biggest imponderable is how the labor market does over the next few months |
Job Journal
September 5, 2010
John Challenger |
Career Pros: Job Market Recovery is Stronger Than Many Think Compared to previous recessions, the job market is recovering quickly. |
BusinessWeek
November 25, 2009
Jane Sasseen |
The Slow Road to Jobs In recent recessions, employment has taken longer and longer to return. Why this lag may be the longest |
BusinessWeek
December 17, 2009
Rich Miller |
Business Outlook: When Growth Doesn't Pay the Bills The recession may be over, but with unemployment remaining stubbornly high, the U.S. could be facing the same jobless sclerosis that plagued Europe in the '80s |
IEEE Spectrum
July 2010
Prachi Patel |
Where the Engineering Jobs Are The news is good but not great for engineers looking for work in 2010 |
Finance & Development
December 2009
Hyun-Sung Khang |
Surviving the Third Wave After the financial and economic crises, a "third wave" is engulfing the labor market, leaving millions without work and changing the course of their lives. |
Knowledge@Wharton
August 27, 2003 |
What Labor Shortage? Debunking a Popular Myth It's a prediction frequently made by think tanks and consulting firms that companies and the U.S. economy are going to cope with a dearth of workers in the years to come. The problem, however, is that this piece of conventional wisdom is false. |
Job Journal
April 11, 2010 |
Jobwire Employers Gaining Confidence to Start Hiring... Long-Term Unemployment Reaches Epic Proportions... On the Job Front... Hirings and Firings... |
BusinessWeek
December 22, 2003
Cooper & Madigan |
U.S. GDP Revisions: The Recovery's Lift Is Slower For Workers The much anticipated U.S. rewrite of economic history hardly alters perceptions of the recent past. But the data do give reasons to be optimistic about the future. |
The Motley Fool
May 28, 2009
Liz Peek |
Will Uncle Sam Change For-Profit Schools' Rules? For-profit educators could face greater government intervention. |
BusinessWeek
April 19, 2004
Michael J. Mandel |
Where Wealth Lives The productivity boom has made asset owners rich -- and left many wage-earners behind. |
The Motley Fool
June 4, 2010
Morgan Housel |
Market Meltdown: Here's What Happened What to make of this week's jobs report. |
Job Journal
February 18, 2007
Michael Kinsman |
Career Pros: Are Firms Too Picky? Job requirements, even for entry-level positions, are tougher than ever. |
BusinessWeek
July 28, 2003 |
Welcome to the Amazing Jobless Recovery It will take 340,000 new jobs a month to get back to near-full employment by late 2004. Sadly, there's little chance of that happening |
The Motley Fool
October 26, 2010
Morgan Housel |
Why Corporate America Isn't Hiring I'm calling baloney on the "lack of demand" argument. |
Financial Advisor
January 2011
Eric Rasmussen |
Thawing Out Expect the slow economic recovery to continue in 2011. |
U.S. Banker
May 2010 |
Overspending Threatens Economic Recovery Consumers began to save and the government issued a tax cut. Now spending by both is on the rise again. Unless tough choices are made, this won't end well. |
Job Journal
September 9, 2012
John A. Challenger |
Career Pros: Labor Day is Time to Renew Efforts The annual holiday honoring America's workforce is an appropriate time to reassess your job search and redouble your efforts toward achieving your employment goals. |
The Motley Fool
November 11, 2011
Morgan Housel |
7 Charts That Sum Up Our Jobs Mess Misery, in pictures. There is no economic law that says that everyone, or even most people, automatically benefit from technological progress. |
HRO Today
Jul/Aug 2008
Michael Beygelman |
Mid-year Employment Review Think the economy is in trouble? There are some encouraging data overshadowed by the negative news these days. |
Job Journal
March 14, 2010
Peter Weddle |
The 50/50 Job Search The conventional wisdom that searching for work is a full-time job used to be good advice. But today it's a formula for long-term unemployment. The other task that's equally essential for success in the post-recession job market? Revitalizing your career. |
The Motley Fool
October 14, 2010
Rich Smith |
A Nation of Permatemps Is this the beginning of the recovery ... or the end? |
The Motley Fool
September 16, 2009
Matt Koppenheffer |
Don't Worry About the Unemployment Rate The unemployment rate is an easy-to-understand statistic, but how helpful is it for investors? |
The Motley Fool
October 1, 2010
Ilan Moscovitz |
What You Can Blame for This Insane Unemployment It's quite simple, actually. |
BusinessWeek
July 21, 2003
Cooper & Madigan |
U.S.: The Jobless Recovery: Deja Vu All over Again But unlike the early '90s, hiring now will take longer to turn around |
Job Journal
March 1, 2009 |
Jobwire State Jobless Rate Hits Double Digits... Supplemental Fund for Furloughed Workers... Stimulus Payments for the Unemployed... Despite Recession, Some Industries Thrive... On the Job Front... Hirings & Firings... |
The Motley Fool
October 19, 2010
Morgan Housel |
Fair Game: Blaming Older Workers for High Unemployment How delayed retirements are hurting employment. |
The Motley Fool
February 8, 2011
Morgan Housel |
Still Waiting (and Waiting) for Jobs to Return Two more reasons it's going to be a long, painful wait for jobs. |
Job Journal
March 8, 2009
James E. Challenger |
Don't be Daunted by the Negative Hype With the job market in its current state, there is a flood of half-truths and misconceptions regarding unemployment and how to find a job. Here's the truth about some of these myths and why your job search might not be as bleak as you thought. |
BusinessWeek
April 5, 2004
Cooper & Madigan |
U.S.: Speed Bumps On The Road To More Jobs American businesses face powerful reasons not to hire |
The Motley Fool
November 17, 2009
John Rosevear |
Recovery? On What Planet? Remember those market moves you wish you'd made in the summer of 2008, before the crash? This might be your second chance to get it right. |
The Motley Fool
December 28, 2010
Morgan Housel |
About Our Jobless Recovery Why jobs are agonizingly slow to return. |
BusinessWeek
June 21, 2004
Michael J. Mandel |
Reaganomics vs. Rubinomics The heavyweight economy policy debate over the past two decades has been Reaganomics vs. Rubinomics. The two philosophies seem to have fought each other to a draw. |
Job Journal
June 27, 2004
James E. Challenger |
Career Pros: Industry Switch May Be Best Bet for Displaced Workers For displaced workers, the grass is probably greener in other fields. |
Job Journal
March 29, 2009
James E. Challenger |
Career Pros: Will Recession Shatter Glass Ceiling? Men are losing their jobs in much larger numbers than women. |
BusinessWeek
April 7, 2011
Peter Coy |
The Hidden Job Crisis for American Men Men are disappearing from the workplace in ways that don't always register on the official unemployment rate. |
The Motley Fool
September 28, 2011
Morgan Housel |
3 Things Holding Back Jobs You Didn't Know About Digging past the headlines and into the nuance. |
BusinessWeek
October 20, 2003
Cooper & Madigan |
U.S.: A Jobs Recovery, Yes. A Hiring Boom, No. Intense cost pressures and weak pricing will keep payrolls from surging |
