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Top 10 workplace productivity killers
For those that prefer print, here’s the list in text format: Cell phone/texting (55%) The internet (41%) Gossip (39%) Social media (37%) Coworkers dropping by (27%) Smoke/snack breaks (27%) Email (26%) Meetings (24%) Noisy Coworkers (20%) Cubicles (9%) You can read more about the research here: http://advice.careerbuilder.com/posts/from-cell-phones-to-noisy-coworkers-top-10-productivity-killers]]>
Read MoreMay 2016 employment: US adds 38,000 jobs
The Employment Situation’ news release from the Bureau of Labor Statistics, the U.S. economy added just 38,000 jobs in May while the unemployment rate declined 0.3% to 4.7% (resulting in 7.4 million unemployed persons). Among the major worker groups, the unemployment rates for adult men (4.3 percent), adult women (4.2 percent), Whites (4.1 percent), and…
Read MoreApril 2016 employment: US adds 160,000 jobs
The Employment Situation’ news release from the Bureau of Labor Statistics, the U.S. economy added 160,000 jobs in April while the unemployment rate was virtually unchanged at 5.0 percent. The BLS report found that the number of unemployed persons decreased slightly to 7.9 million (from 8 million in March). The number of long-term unemployed (those jobless…
Read MoreMarch 2016 employment: US adds 215,000 jobs
The Employment Situation’ news release from the Bureau of Labor Statistics, the U.S. economy added 215,000 jobs in March while the unemployment rate and unemployed persons was little changed at 5.0 percent and 8 million respectively. Among the major worker groups, the unemployment rates for adult men (4.5 percent), adult women (4.6 percent), teenagers (15.9…
Read MoreFebruary employment: U.S. adds 242,000 jobs
The Employment Situation’ news release from the Bureau of Labor Statistics, the U.S. economy added 242,000 jobs in February while the unemployment rate and unemployed persons was unchanged at 4.9 percent and 7.8 million respectively. The BLS report revealed that the unemployment rate was down by 0.6 percentage point, and the number of unemployed persons…
Read MoreJanuary 2016 employment: unemployment drops to 4.9%
‘The Employment Situation’ news release from the Bureau of Labor Statistics, the U.S. economy added 151,000 jobs in January while the unemployment rate dropped to 4.9 percent and the number of unemployed people fell to 7.8 million. The BLS report found that over the past 12 months, the unemployment rate and the number of unemployed…
Read MoreMassachusetts employment company helps bring teens and service together
ourly.help matches up local teenagers with odd jobs around their community, and pays them $10 per hour to complete jobs for their neighbors, such as shoveling snow, gardening, housework, and other tasks. The service charges those that request help $15 per hour in order to fund the employment service, which also donates $1 to the…
Read MoreArizona miner layoffs continue, county career system encourages skill transfer
plans to officially close the Sierrita copper mine, which is located about 20 miles outside Tucson, Arizona, in the city of Sahuarita. The mine had previously employed 1,300 people, and had begun announcing layoffs in August and October due to low copper and oil prices. Because of these prices, spending cuts became necessary. The mine…
Read MoreNovember 2015 employment: Slow growth compared to previous months
Bureau of Labor Statistics, the unemployment rate continues to hold steady at 5 percent in November. The unemployment rate officially dropped two whole percentage points over the past two years, since November 2013. Approximately 7.9 million Americans still find themselves unemployed, a number unchanged since last month. In addition, 211,000 new jobs were added in…
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