Tag: First Friday Preview

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…

Adjusting Your Hiring To Changing Demographics

2016 went out with a bang, not a wimper on the employment front. The US economy added 156,000 jobs in December, and unemployment hovered at 4.7 percent, close to a nine-year low. In addition,  according to Fierce Biotech, VC funding…

States may pick up the slack in bank regulation…are you prepared?

It wasn’t just the American electorate that was caught off-guard with this past election result, as many banks are scrambling to understand what this means for the next four years.  Regardless of how you feel about the election results, it’s…

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…

Let’s Be Completely Transparent With Each Other

“There is not a crime, there is not a dodge, there is not a trick, there is not a swindle, there is not a vice which does not live by secrecy.”  – Joseph Pulitzer One of the things that made…

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…

Show Your Work When Interviewing Candidates

The phrase show your work, for many, probably dredges up memories of filling sheets of paper to answer long-form division or algebra equations back in school.  If the answer to the question seemed fairly evident, students would simply skip the…

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…