Hiring

Mike: Good day to all. Today is starting out with some bad news on the layoff front, as this blog’s headline suggests. Must be the corporate leaders are getting back from their extended July 4 breaks and are ready to get back to downsizing.

There are a couple of defense related layoffs with the Boeing and [...]

Continue reading about Unemployment: It’s worse than you think – CA to cut another 2000 state jobs? – Boeing to cut 1000 defense jobs – US Airways to release 600 – Lockheed to chop 600 – Andersen cuts more than 500

Mike:  Tuesday is a rather quiet day for economic reports and layoff announcements so far, so I’ll get on to the news of the day. Since I’m running a little late today and don’t have time for commentary right now, I’ll urge you to take a look at the following article that includes part-time workers [...]

Continue reading about July 7 – Drought causes job loss in CA – Consumer loan delinquencies rise again – Ikea to cut more jobs – Will 800 PA state workers get the pink slip?

Mike: The holiday weekend is behind us and a full week of unemployment news begins.

This morning I was browsing the news and came across these little stories that got my head a shakin’.

“A second stimulus should be the one they should have done the first time, something that is relatively fast and thoughtful,” said Phillip [...]

Continue reading about July 6 – Both political parties are clueless about unemployment – BASF to cut 3700 jobs – Oracle to cut 1,000 jobs in Europe – Caraco slashes 350