Job Postings Rise as Market Surges on Better Than Expected News
by John Zappe, www.Ere.net
There’s good news on this, the first day of June. The Conference Board reports this morning that online job postings rose last month by the largest amount in more than two years. It’s the first increase in the Help-Wanted Online Data Series in six months.
In May, there were 250,000 more jobs posted online than in April. The 8 percent increase brought the number of advertised jobs online to 3,367,000. Though modest, the increase dwarfs the 21,000 job posting gain The Conference Board reported in October 2008. Read the full article »
Some Bright Spots Emerge in Tough Job Market
by Christopher S. Rugaber, AP Economics Writer, USA TODAY
Signs of stabilization in the job market are emerging, according to several private surveys, as restaurants, mortgage servicers and health centers step up hiring.
About a quarter of manufacturing companies and more than 40% of service-sector employers plan to hire workers in June, the highest totals in six months, according to a survey by the Society for Human Resource Management. Still, the figures are substantially lower than they were a year ago. Read the full article »
7 Lucrative Jobs from Obama's Stimulus Package
Carol Tice, PayScale.com
President Barack Obama's plan to get the U.S. economy going has a strong focus on creating well-paid jobs. Two of the bills he's recently signed, the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) and the Making Home Affordable program, provide funding that will create a wide variety of job opportunities with good salaries. Better yet, many of these jobs don't require a four-year degree, so job-seekers may be able to move into these careers pretty quick.
Here's a selection of some of the best-paying stimulus jobs: Read the full article »
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