Hiring
Mike: Plenty of news to digest this day. Economic numbers that weren’t as bad as expected seems to have lifted the spirits of many, but I wouldn’t want to get to cheerful until the job numbers stabilize. The fact that GM has to close most plants for nini weeks will affect more than just GM […]
Mike: Today brings us the weekly Jobless Claims number and Existing Home Sales. Jobless claims rose to 640,000. Last weeks revised drop to 613,000. The bit of good news in the report showed that the four-week moving average declined 4,250 to 646,750. A continued decrease in the four-week moving average is a better iindicator of job loss trends than […]
Mike: Good day to all. Wednesday became an active layoff announcement day, especially in the afternoon with Kimberly-Clark, Apache and GM announcements. Thursday brings us the weekly Jobless Claims number and Existing Home Sales. Both will indicate if the economy is stabilizing. Stay tuned…. – First I’d like to give some props to a fine blog at http://iwaslaidoff.info/. Pay […]