Tag: US News

Bruce Peacock & TRG Manufacturing Division Announces Successful Global Process Engineering Manager Search

Richmond, VA May 2017 – Bruce Peacock and The Manufacturing Search Division of The Richmond Group USA (TRG) are pleased to announce the successful conclusion of a Global Process Engineering Manager search for an industry leading, global consumer products manufacturer.  This…

Things Are Good to Start 2017, but Could Be Better

The Wall Street Journal reported, “The final full month of President Barack Obama’s term was the 75th straight month U.S. employers added jobs.  That extended the longest such stretch on record back to 1939.  The unemployment rate was at the…

Positive Momentum Heading into the New Year

November was an exciting month.  The Dow surged past record highs following the election even though the strong dollar is still impacting corporate profitability.  US manufacturing shrugged off uncertainties with a stronger than expected results.  The ISM manufacturing index rose…

THE ELECTION IS COMING! THE ELECTION IS COMING!

Who knows what will happen after next Tuesday, but the labor department reported more good employment news for employment in October.  “The official unemployment rate dropped to 4.9 percent, from 5 percent.  And average hourly earnings rose 2.8 percent year…

Consumer Confidence Remains High for September

Rebounding slightly in September, US Manufacturing continues to maintain the mildly positive pace that it’s been on all year.  Obviously, certain industries are doing better that others, but consumer confidence continues to rise.  Lynn Franco, Director of Economic Indicators at…

New Jobs and 95.1% Employment Rate for July

US unemployment held steady at 4.9% for July with 255,000 new jobs added for the month.  While we continue to deal with the fallout from the ups and downs of the oil & gas industry, international currency fluctuations, and national…

Employment Stays Strong in June

Summer’s here and so are new jobs for 287,000 Americans.  This is the largest single monthly job gain since October 2015.  After taking into account the Labor Department’s slightly downward revision of the estimates for April and May, these numbers…

Cautious Optimism Over Lower Unemployment Numbers

“The economy is on track to grow more than 2% in the second quarter, powered by rising home sales and steady consumer spending on an array of other goods and services.” Overall US unemployment is down to 4.7% which is…

April Is Slow Growing

Spring is here, but cooler temperatures and rainy weather seem to have slowed down normal seasonal trends.  “Slight growth” is probably the best way to describe the growth for U.S. manufacturers in April.  The upside is that the overall US…

What’s Your Plan?

In the years heading into “the Great Recession, a major concern for businesses was the coming brain drain, which would be caused by Boomers retiring in droves from the workplace, and taking with them their vast technical skills, historical knowledge,…