A Tip – The beginning of the new year is an excellent time to review and update your resume. Doing this annually makes it easier to recall and highlight relevant career information. When going through this exercise, take the time to make note of your career goals and how your current role matches your plan. If you’re[…]
When running a business, it’s important to try to be as transparent and authentic as possible. Doing one thing – but meaning or saying another – can have significant, negative implications for your organization, especially when it comes to recruiting and retaining top talent. Unknowingly presenting conflicting messages throughout the interview process can hurt your[…]
Following two months of strong gains, data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics this morning showed a slightly softer jobs report that fell just shy of economist forecasts, as employment slowed in August. According to CNBC, Wall Street economists had anticipated a gain of 180,000 jobs for the month and a 0.1 percent drop in[…]
Beating economist predictions, the mid-summer jobs report revealed steady growth for the month of July. Amidst solid hiring, wages also rose. Solid job gains beat expectations According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, nonfarm payroll employment advanced by 255,000 last month with hiring in healthcare, financial activities and professional and business services. Both the number[…]
Employment Summary for June 2016 U.S. job gains in June far surpassed economists’ expectations, which were a bit conservative after a weak May report. Job market rebounds An impressive 287,000 jobs were added in June, far exceeding Bloomberg economists’ forecasts of 180,000 jobs added. Expectations were lower due to a surprisingly slow May, which saw[…]
Employment Summary for May 2016 With the looming anticipation of a Federal Reserve interest rate hike, all eyes were on the numbers this morning but the newly released data for job growth fell far short of expectations. Halt in U.S. job growth Despite early predictions that the May labor market would hold steady to support[…]
Employment Summary for April 2016 Unemployment holds steady Job growth in April was a bit disappointing with the U.S. economy adding only 160,000 jobs, much lower than the approximately 202,000 roles predicted by economists. This marked the lowest number of job gains in seven months. The unemployment rate remained unchanged at 5 percent. The labor[…]
People Analytics: The Big Data of the Employment World What if high tech companies knew why top engineers quit and how to build work environments that would get people to stay? What if product companies could analyze the demographic and experiential factors that correlate with high-performing sales people? What if healthcare companies could determine why[…]
These days having a well-organized prepared regulatory Interview is key in being able to land at some of the top Biotech & Pharma companies. Of course, preparation is just half the battle. If you’re not serious about embarking on an onsite interview, don’t interview. Wasting everyone’s time can send a negative message and also ruin[…]
Improving Employee Engagement: It Starts with Managers Staff engagement among the U.S. workforce has remained steady at 33 percent over the past few years, according to recent data from Gallup. This is quite low considering that strong employee engagement is the catalyst for company growth and success. Numbers worldwide are even starker, with 87 percent[…]
