Winston-Salem Job Fair on May 23, 2023
In search of your next great job opportunity? Graham Personnel Services (GPS) will be at the job fair hosted by Klimb on Tuesday, May 23rd! Come talk to our recruiters to learn about our open roles in light industrial, professional, clerical, and more. Not able to make the event? That’s okay! Stop by one of […]
Graham Personnel Services Named Triad’s Second Best Place to Work 2023
GREENSBORO, NC (May 19, 2023) – Graham Personnel Services (GPS), an award-winning national full-service staffing firm, is pleased to announce that GPS has been named one of the 2023 Best Places to Work by Triad Business Journal (TBJ), for the seventh year in a row! This year, GPS was awarded 2nd place in the Small […]
Q3 and Q4 Unemployment Projections
Staffing Industry Analysts (05/12/23) Economists mostly held steady in their forecast for growth in the US economy, according to the Philadelphia Federal Reserve’s Survey of Professional Forecasters report for the second quarter released today. However, they raised their forecast for GDP growth in the third quarter to 0.6%, that’s up from a contraction of 0.6% […]
Two-Thirds of Companies Still Have Difficulty Hiring
Staffing Hub (05/09/23) Hiring in the manufacturing and services sectors is easier now compared to last year, according to ISM’s Spring 2023 Semiannual Economic Forecast. The economic outlook survey included three special questions about hiring. Two-thirds (67%) of respondents in both the manufacturing and services sectors reported having difficulty hiring in the past six months. This […]
Production Workers Wages Grow Steadily
New York Times (05/05/23) Smialek, Jeanna Average hourly earnings climbed by 4.4% in the year through April, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. That compared with 4.3% in the previous month, and was more than the 4.2% that economists had expected. The increase in wages compared with the previous month—0.5%—was the fastest since […]
Job Openings Remain on Main Street
National Federation of Independent Business (05/04/23) Small business owners continue to struggle to find workers, with 45% (seasonally adjusted) of all owners reporting job openings they could not fill in the current period, according to the National Federation of Independent Business. The share of owners with unfilled job openings exceeds the 49-year historical average of […]