BLS Employment Situation Report: May 2023

Beating analysts’ expectations, today’s data will fuel discussions about the underlying strength of the economy in the face of federal reserve efforts to tame inflation. The job market added more positions in recent months than previously thought, as well. March and April’s totals were both revised upward for a net gain of 93,000 jobs. The…

Should you accept a counteroffer?

As many industries struggle to find the qualified candidates they seek, businesses are increasingly fighting to retain key staff members by making counteroffers. But that doesn’t mean it’s in your best interests. After all, if an employer is offering you more money to stay, they may not change much else about your current role, so…

Job Rejection:  How to Cope, Respond and Rebound

It’s particularly painful to receive a rejection when you were expecting an offer, or at least a next step. Being able to rebound starts with acknowledging that there are many reasons someone else got this job. It could be political, as there may have been an internal applicant who had better relationships with the work…

Global Talent Update – May 2023

EMEA Employers must try to protect staff from bullying in the workplace, but sometimes it is hard to know what to do about the problem, says BBC News. The UK government defines workplace bullying as “behaviour that makes someone feel intimidated or offended,” but there is no legal definition of bullying, and the human resources…

SHIFT – May 2023

The psychological benefits of commuting that remote work doesn’t provide For most American workers who commute, the trip to and from the office takes nearly one full hour a day — 26 minutes each way on average, with 7.7% of workers spending two hours or more on the road. Many people think of commuting as…

BLS Employment Situation Report: April 2023

In spite of signs of a cooling job market, total job openings remain historically high with almost 1.6 open jobs per unemployed American. Within the college-educated workforce unemployment remains at or near full-employment levels at 1.9 percent. “While the April BLS report indicates a moderating rate of job growth, our global Network of over 200…

Global Talent Update – April 2023

EMEA Vantage Data Centers is entering the London market with a 48MW, £500 million ($600 million) data center campus, which is expected to open its doors to hyperspace customers and cloud providers in late 2024. The facility will be powered by the National Grid and cooled by a closed-loop chilled water system. The company has…

SHIFT – April 2023

HR Executives Open Up About the Challenges They Face Business Insider surveyed eight talent leaders, including consultants and HR chiefs across a range of industries, about the most pressing workplace challenges they are currently facing. They talked about “keeping the fire lit” around keeping people safe, healthy, engaged and productive. Read more >> Tackling the…

Managing hybrid work the right way

Introducing a hybrid model is one thing, but making a success of it is another – successful hybrid working doesn’t happen by chance. There are effective ways of creating and managing a hybrid workforce, and there are measures that leaders and organizations can put in place to make the most of it in their organizations….

BLS Employment Situation Report: March 2023

Both the unemployment rate, at 3.5 percent, and the number of unemployed persons, at 5.8 million, changed little in March. These measures have shown little net movement since early 2022. Unemployment among the college educated labor force remained at what is essentially full-employment at 2.0 percent. “Data from this month’s BLS report continue to show…