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…
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Bruce Peacock & TRG Manufacturing Division Announces Successful Project Engineer Search
Richmond, VA July 2016 – Bruce Peacock and The Manufacturing Search Division of The Richmond Group USA (TRG) are pleased to announce the successful conclusion of a Mechanical Project Engineer search for an industry leading, global consumer products manufacturer. This…
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…
Bruce Peacock & TRG Manufacturing Division Announces Successful Director (Class II Medical Device) Search
Richmond, VA June 2016 – Bruce Peacock and The Manufacturing Search Division of The Richmond Group USA (TRG) are pleased to announce the successful conclusion of a Director of Quality Assurance search for a Class II medical device startup. This…
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…
Bruce Peacock & TRG Manufacturing Division Completes Successful Engineering Search
Richmond, VA May 2016 – Bruce Peacock and The Manufacturing Search Division of The Richmond Group USA (TRG) are pleased to announce the successful conclusion of a Continuous Improvement Engineer search for an industry leading commercial equipment manufacturer. This person…
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,…
US Manufacturing Showed Signs of Rebounding in February
After reporting some contraction over the last five months, US manufacturing activity in February showed signs of a bounce back in the most recent ISM Manufacturing index. “Brad Holcomb, chair of the ISM Manufacturing Survey Business Committee, said in an…
Unemployment Sneaks Down To 4.9%
While global economic fluctuations sent the stock market on a wild ride in January, the US unemployment rate dropped another 0.1% to 4.9%, which is its lowest level since February 2008. Economists are projecting some more wage and inflation pressure…