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As Employers Struggle To Find Workers, Job Listings Paying Less Than $15 an Hour Are Starting To Disappear

MarketWatch (11/11/21) Buchwald, Elisabeth As a result of the tight labor market in the U.S., more employers are offering more than $15 an hour, according to the latest data from the job listing site Indeed.com. Since the depths of the pandemic, there has been a steady climb in the number of job postings across all wages levels on Indeed. But in recent weeks, job postings

November 12, 2021

A Record 4.4 Million People Quit in September As Great Resignation Shows No Signs of Stopping

Published Fri, Nov 12 2021 1:09 PM EST by Jennifer Liu A record-high 4.4 million people, or 3% of workers, quit their job in September, according to the Labor Department’s latest Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey released Friday. The tight market, where workers have more leverage to move around and employers are doing everything they can to staff up, is already impacting the holiday shopping season, ZipRecruiter

November 12, 2021

Employers

U.S. Consumer Prices Jump 6.2% in October, the Biggest Inflation Surge in More Than 30 Years

KEY POINTS The consumer price index surged 6.2% from a year ago in October, the most since December 1990. Core inflation, stripping out food and energy, increased 4.6%, the fastest gain since August 1991. Energy, shelter and vehicle costs led the gains, which more than wiped out the wage increases that workers received for the month. Inflation across a broad swath of products that consumers

November 11, 2021

Job Seekers

Job Fair in Asheboro on 11.18.21

Greensboro, NC- Are you interested in a new career? Graham Personnel Services (GPS) is participating in the Career Center Southeast Job Fair in Asheboro, NC! Come talk to us and learn about the hundreds of openings we have available throughout the Triad with various shifts and pay rates to best match your career goals. Also, we are doing a special challenge: the first person to

November 10, 2021

Employers

Employment Index Points to Growth, Continuing Labor Shortages and Rising Wages

The Conference Board’s Employment Trends Index rose sharply in October and points to strong employment growth in the months ahead. On the other hand, it also indicates labor shortages and rising wages likely won’t go away. “As the negative economic impact of the Delta variant subsides, spending on — and employment in — in-person services should continue to recover toward pre-pandemic levels,” said Gad Levanon,

November 9, 2021

Labor Costs Surge in the Third Quarter; Productivity Falls Sharply

Reuters (11/04/21) Mutikani, Lucia Unit labor costs spiked in the third quarter, while productivity decreased at its sharpest pace since 1981, adding to signs that high inflation could last for a while. Unit labor costs rose at an 8.3% annualized rate last quarter after increasing at a 1.1% pace in the April-June quarter, according to the U.S. Department of Labor. Outside the coronavirus distortions in

November 4, 2021

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