It look like good news may be coming to health care workers who, despite their relatively stable reputation, have been facing serious layoffs in the recent past. According to data being put out by the Bureau of Labor Statistics there were a lower number of mass layoffs in the health care industry in 2011 that [...]
Continue reading...27. January 2012
More good news is coming for the economy in 2012, and this time instead of coming from the lowered number of unemployment benefit filings out there, which can be altered by things such as seasonal hiring or the number of people who have opted out of the work force completely, this is coming from the [...]
Continue reading...24. January 2012
It looks like the economic outlook for 2012 may be better than the last couple of years have been. Some of the good news that was released in the last couple of weeks includes: A lower number of people were seeking unemployment benefits. According to data released by the Labor Department on Thursday, the numbers [...]
Continue reading...24. January 2012
When the economy goes down fewer people build, and that means fewer jobs for workers in construction trades, and in the current economic situation the jobs for construction workers have gone down the drain, but it look like those hard working people may have a reason to be happy in 2012. According to a recent [...]
Continue reading...27. December 2011
When we talk about jobs and often times we talk about the job market in the USA and in Europe. Sometimes places in Asia are discussed, but mostly in the manufacturing area. Today we are going to talk about India and their job market. Like every company they have had to deal with some serious [...]
Continue reading...27. December 2011
When it comes to staying on the payroll it looks like one of the best places to be is still working for the federal government. If, at the first blush, that seems to be a little bit out of sync you have to remember that we are talking about the feds only, not the state [...]
Continue reading...26. December 2011
Some very odd things are happening in the state of Illinois right now. The state recently approved a tax break that was designed to help keep companies in the state during the current economic downturn. While most companies would see a tax break as a beneficial thing and it would make them want to stay [...]
Continue reading...23. December 2011
Here at Layoff Watch we often get the dubious honor of being the bearer or bad news. After all, no one likes to have to tell people about jobs losses every day, but you really need to know about these things. After all, you need to have an idea of what is going on in [...]
Continue reading...2. December 2011
Some of you may recall the other day that we had talked about an increase in the number of layoffs happening this year, when compared to the numbers for 2010. It painted a pretty gloomy picture of the things yet to come as 2011 winds down to a close. Well, it looks like some good [...]
Continue reading...21. November 2011
In most of the country the employment prospects are bleak at best. For anyone who has been reading the papers, or looking for a job in the last few years, this is not really news at all. Some states have jobless numbers that are alarmingly high. Here is a look at the 10 worst off [...]
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3. February 2012
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