In recent months, initial unemployment claims have edged down and the four-week moving average has fallen from over 400,000 claims a year ago to less than 370,000 a week. In September, the reported unemployment rate fell to 7.8 percent crossing the critical psychological barrier of 8 percent for the first time...
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Will My New Associate Be Here in 6 Months?
As recruiters, we are frequently asked, “What is your success rate?” We took a look at the placement history of more than 1,200 placements we’ve made between our two niches over the past. 93% of the Dentists we’ve placed in full-time positions with independent practices and clinics were with their new...
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Longer Tenures Create Opportunities for Workers and Challenges for Employers
It’s become gospel in recent years that workers jump from job to job to job. Some reports say that the average person entering the workforce today will go through as many as 20 jobs in a career. It’s been cited as a symptom of a new crop of workers who avoid...
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Jobs Recovery Increasingly Uneven as Talent Gap Widens
In June, total job openings in the U.S. grew to 3.76 million, according to the Labor Department, the highest level since the summer of 2008. In the past 36 months, job openings have grown more than 70 percent, far surpassing the recovery following the last recession, in which job openings grew...
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Recruiter Survey Shows an Increasingly Candidate-Driven Market
Employment markets are most often measured by unemployment, a quintessential macroeconomic indicator. Yet, on the microeconomic level — the level that all companies work on — it is an indicator that is far from representative. In today’s economy, the headline unemployment number is perhaps less representative than ever before. For many...
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