Total nonfarm payroll employment grew by 431,000 in May, reflecting the hiring of 411,000 temporary employees to work on Census 2010, the US Bureau of Labor Statistics reported recently. Private-sector employment changed little (+41,000). Manufacturing, temporary help...
Unemployment Rate Rose to 9.9 Percent in April
Nonfarm payroll employment rose by 290,000 in April, the unemployment rate edged up to 9.9%, and the labor force increased sharply, the US Bureau of Labor Statistics reported recently. Job gains occurred in manufacturing, professional and business services, health...
Unemployment Rate Steady at 9.7 Percent in March
Nonfarm payroll employment increased by 162,000 in March, and the unemployment rate held at 9.7%, the US Bureau of Labor Statistics reported recently. Temporary help services and health care continued to add jobs over the month. Employment in federal government also...
Unemployment Rate Steady at 9.7 Percent in February
Nonfarm payroll employment was little changed (-36,000) in February, and the unemployment rate held at 9.7%, the US Bureau of Labor Statistics reported recently. Employment fell in construction and information, while temporary help services added jobs. Severe winter...
Unemployment Rate Fell to 9.7 Percent in January
The unemployment rate fell from 10.0% to 9.7% in January, and nonfarm payroll employment was essentially unchanged (-20,000), the US Bureau of Labor Statistics reported recently. Employment fell in construction and in transportation and warehousing, while temporary...
Unemployment Rate Steady at 10.0 Percent in December
Nonfarm payroll employment edged down (-85,000) in December, and the unemployment rate was unchanged at 10.0%, the US Bureau of Labor Statistics reported recently. Employment fell in construction, manufacturing, and wholesale trade, while temporary help services and...
Unemployment Rate Fell to 10.0 Percent in November
The unemployment rate edged down to 10.0% in November, and nonfarm payroll employment was essentially unchanged (-11,000), the US Bureau of Labor Statistics reported recently. In the prior 3 months, payroll job losses had averaged 135,000 a month. In November,...
Unemployment Rate Rose to 10.2 Percent in October
The unemployment rate rose from 9.8% to 10.2% in October, and nonfarm payroll employment continued to decline (-190,000), the US Bureau of Labor Statistics reported recently. The largest job losses over the month were in construction, manufacturing, and retail trade....
Unemployment Rate Rose to 9.8 Percent in September
Nonfarm payroll employment continued to decline in September (-263,000), and the unemployment rate (9.8%) continued to trend up, the US Bureau of Labor Statistics reported recently. The largest job losses were in construction, manufacturing, retail trade, and...
Unemployment Rate Rose to 9.7 Percent in August
Nonfarm payroll employment continued to decline in August (-216,000), and the unemployment rate rose to 9.7%, the US Bureau of Labor Statistics reported recently. Although job losses continued in many of the major industry sectors in August, the declines have...
Tip of the Week: Ten Steps to Effectively Review Resumes
According to the US Bureau of Labor Statistics, the unemployment rate in July 2009 was 9.4% compared to an adjusted rate of 5.8% in July 2008. In turn, many employers have observed from their growing stacks of resumes, a wider availability of experienced workers as...
Unemployment Rate Fell to 9.4 Percent in July
Nonfarm payroll employment continued to decline in July (-247,000), and the unemployment rate was little changed at 9.4%, the US Bureau of Labor Statistics reported recently. The average monthly job loss for May through July (-331,000) was about half the average...
Unemployment Rate Rose to 9.5 Percent in June
Nonfarm payroll employment continued to decline in June (-467,000), and the unemployment rate was little changed at 9.5%, the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the US Department of Labor reported recently. Job losses were widespread across the major industry sectors, with...
Unemployment Rate Rose to 9.4 Percent in May
Nonfarm payroll employment fell by 345,000 in May, about half the average monthly decline for the prior 6 months, the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the US Department of Labor reported recently. The unemployment rate continued to rise, increasing from 8.9% to 9.4%....
Unemployment Rate Rose to 8.9 Percent in April
Nonfarm payroll employment continued to decline in April (-539,000), and the unemployment rate rose from 8.5% to 8.9%, the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the US Department of Labor reported recently. Since the recession began in December 2007, 5.7 million jobs have...
Unemployment Rate Rose to 8.5 Percent in March
Nonfarm payroll employment continued to decline sharply in March (-663,000), and the unemployment rate rose from 8.1% to 8.5%, the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the US Department of Labor reported recently. Since the recession began in December 2007, 5.1 million jobs...
Unemployment Rate Rose to 8.1 Percent in February
Nonfarm payroll employment continued to fall sharply in February (-651,000), and the unemployment rate rose from 7.6% to 8.1%, the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the US Department of Labor reported recently. Payroll employment has declined by 2.6 million in the past 4...
Unemployment Rate Rose to 7.6 Percent in January
Nonfarm payroll employment fell sharply in January (-598,000) and the unemployment rate rose from 7.2% to 7.6%, the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the US Department of Labor reported recently. Payroll employment has declined by 3.6 million since the start of the...
Unemployment Rate Rose to 7.2 Percent in December
Nonfarm payroll employment declined sharply in December, and the unemployment rate rose from 6.8% to 7.2%, the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the US Department of Labor reported recently. Payroll employment fell by 524,000 over the month and by 1.9 million over the...
Unemployment Rate Rose to 6.7 Percent in November
Nonfarm payroll employment fell sharply (-533,000) in November, and the unemployment rate rose from 6.5% to 6.7%, the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the U.S. Department of Labor reported recently. November's drop in payroll employment followed declines of 403,000 in...
Unemployment Rate Rose to 6.5 Percent in October
Nonfarm payroll employment fell by 240,000 in October, and the unemployment rate rose from 6.1% to 6.5%, the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the U.S. Department of Labor reported recently. October’s drop in payroll employment followed declines of 127,000 in August and...
Unemployment Rate Steady at 6.1 Percent in September
Nonfarm payroll employment declined by 159,000 in September, and the unemployment rate held at 6.1 percent, the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the U.S. Department of Labor reported recently. Employment continued to fall in construction, manufacturing, and retail trade,...
Unemployment Rate Rose to 6.1% in August
The unemployment rate rose from 5.7 to 6.1 percent in August, and nonfarm payroll employment continued to trend down (-84,000), the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the U.S. Department of Labor reported today. In August, employment fell in manufacturing and employment...
Unemployment Rate Rose to 5.7% in July
The unemployment rate rose to 5.7 percent, and nonfarm payroll employment continued to trend down in July (-51,000), the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the U.S. Department of Labor reported Friday. Employment continued to fall in construction, manufacturing, and...
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