The month of June was relatively stagnant for job postings, according to job site Indeed, which released its monthly employment trends report today. Healthcare, retail, and human resources posted declines in June, while the other [...]
While still above recession levels, retail hiring edged lower in May, according to the Kronos Retail Labor Index. The index follows and reports on the current state of the demand and supply sides of the [...]
AboslutelyHealthcare.com, a niche healthcare and medical job board, announced yesterday via a posting on LinkedIn’s eQuest community board that it will be closing down. The job board’s founder, Ken Levinson, said in a letter, “The [...]
Glassdoor, a site where people can get an inside look at jobs and companies, including salary details, company reviews, and interview questions, has published their quarterly Employment Confidence Survey. In the first quarter of 2011, [...]
Some positive news for seasonal workers cropped up today in the form of a press release. According to a new survey from CareerBuilder, over 40% of employers plan to hire seasonal workers on a full-time [...]
A new survey from CareerBuilder today shows that 36 percent of workers with college degrees said they wish they had chosen a different major in college. There’s a reason for the negative feelings. More than [...]
One-in-five employers said they will be hiring full-time, permanent workers in the fourth quarter, according to a new survey published today from CareerBuilder and USA Today. The October to December period is the fourth consecutive [...]
Monster closed its $225 million acquisition today of Yahoo’s HotJobs. Shares of Monster stock fell 1.6%, or 17 cents, to $10.47. Yahoo’s shares also fell by 1% amidst broad market declines. The deal also includes [...]
Simply Hired, a search engine for jobs, today released its latest job trend data highlighting metropolitan area and sector job growth. Simply Hired CEO and co-founder Gautam Godhwani and Trulia CEO Pete Flint came together [...]
Recent reports by eQuest and Monster suggest that both the volume of job postings and spending on recruitment advertising have sharply increased during the last 6 months.
eQuest, a distributor of job postings for larger employers, shows a 91% increase in online recruitment spending versus the same tim…
As the recession begins to wane, it’s a good time to assess what
effects it has had on the relationship between employers and employees.
Why? These changes will continue to reverberate over the coming years
and affect how recruiting and hiring is conducted, what technologies
and approaches are used in finding candidates, and which resources are
brought to bear in retaining top talent.
