Nonfarm payroll employment grew by 272,000 jobs in May, according to the latest BLS jobs report. This comes after the addition of 165,000 jobs in April (downward revision) and is above the 12-month average monthly gain of 232,000.
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Nearly seven in 10 (67% of) new grads are confident about finding a job or other post-graduate opportunity that will advance their career, according to the results of a recent survey from Handshake. However, 59% have concerns about keeping...
Employment in the private sector grew by 152,000 jobs in May, according to the latest ADP National Employment Report, after the reported addition of 192,000 jobs in April.
Trade/transportation/utilities (+55,000), education/health services (+46,000), and construction (+32,000) had the most job...
Job openings declined slightly to 8.1 million in April, according to the most recent BLS Job Openings and Labor Turnover report, following March’s 8.4 million. The number of hires came in at 5.6 million and separations totaled 5.4 million,...
More than half (55%) of employers plan to hire recent college grads, according to new data from an Express Employment Professionals-Harris Poll survey. This continues a positive trend over the past few years.
Hiring managers also plan to employ college...
The job market looks different for workers in different industries, according to new data from ResumeBuilder.com. Of recently hired workers, 70% said they found a job within three months of starting their job search. Only 5% said the job...
Following the addition of 315,000 jobs in March (an upward revision), a smaller 175,000 jobs joined nonfarm payroll in April, according to the latest BLS jobs report. This falls below the 12-month average monthly gain of 242,000.
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Hires, quits, and job openings all declined slightly in March according to the recently released BLS Job Openings and Labor Turnover report. The number of job openings was 8.5 million, slightly less than February’s 8.8 million.
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Employers in the private sector added 192,000 jobs in April, according to the latest ADP National Employment Report, following a reported +184,000 jobs in March.
Much of the growth over the month was in leisure/hospitality (+56,000), construction (+35,000), trade/transportation/utilities (+26,000),...
Compared to the last quarter of 2023, new hires are starting off the year feeling a little less satisfied with the job search process, according to ZipRecruiter’s Q1 2024 Survey of New Hires. Just 58% of the 1,500+ recently...