Rochelle Tishuk
In this, the busiest week for holiday shopping, we thought we would do our monthly industry focus on the Retail sector. Retail job openings account for the second-largest number of job openings in the LinkUp Index at 19% for November …
Job searches today begin online. Whether via a PC, smartphone, tablet or other device, digital recruiting is essential for world-class HR departments. A company’s online presence can often make—or break—that critical first impression. If your career website is easy to …
When the term “unicorn” was first used to describe a private startup company valued at $1 billion or more in 2013, 39 such firms existed. Today, 168 companies are worth $1 Billion or more as private investors have become eager …
Given the devastation of hurricanes this fall, both in terms of frequency and ferocity, it’s obvious that their impact is not only still being felt today, but will continue to be felt for months to come. But as Texas, Florida, …
Rochelle Tishuk
With the holidays upon us and an anticipated increase in the volume of goods being transported across the US every day, we thought it would be a good time to check in on one of our biggest industries. Transportation accounts …
Halloween is over, and if you enter your favorite store, you’ll find October’s black and orange decor has morphed into shades of red and green overnight. Nov. 1 seems to be the new, unofficial start of the holiday season. With …
It’s tough to jump into our October non-farm payroll (NFP) forecast without first revisiting our eye-popping forecast for September. Based on significant job listing gains in our job search engine in August, we forecasted a net gain of 260,000 jobs …
Rochelle Tishuk
In late August, Hurricane Harvey brought record rainfall to Houston and the surrounding areas along with damaging winds of up to 130 mph. Then it felt like we blinked and Hurricane Irma swooped in and pounded Puerto Rico and headed for …
Meg Slindee
Geoffrey the Giraffe will probably survive this most recent bankruptcy in the retail bloodbath that is 2017. For now, at least. Every 90’s childs’ (and this 9-year-old’s) favorite retailer filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy September 18, citing the need to …
[Note: Our Non-Farm Payroll (NFP) forecasting model does not include any adjustments for seasonality, not does it take into account particularities associated with severe weather. In the case of our September NFP forecast, we did not make an adjustment to …
