Job openings stood at 4.6 million in May, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics. USA Today reported this was the greatest number of openings in seven years. However, hiring is falling behind what it was before, reducing from 4.8 million new hires to 4.7 million.Some economists believe the dip in hiring is because U.S.…

The Conference Board's Employment Trends Index increased in June. It reads119.62 points, which is an increase from 119.03 points in May. This is a 6.3 percent gain year over year.The percentage of firms with positions they were unable to fill rose. Additionally, Real manufacturing and trade sales have risen, along with industrial production. The number of temps…

Employment is on the rise, both in the staffing sector and in business in general, according to the latest report by the Department of Labor. According to the latest report, temporary help services jobs rose by 10,100 in June. The penetration rate for temporary workers, according to Staffing Industry Analysts, reached 2.07 percent. This means that…

Private employment is on the rise, according to Bloomberg. Companies that want to expand are backed up by the improving U.S. economy and healthy consumer spending. Additionally, the government has been in a state of rest overall when it comes to fiscal policy."It's the first year in several where we haven't had some kind of manufactured…

Employee confidence is at a seven-year high, according to research by Randstad, a U.S. recruiting company.  The firm recently did a survey that indicates its employee confidence index reached 46.7, an increase of 2.1 points from last month. Workers' confidence in their personal employment situations increased to 69.4 from 66.4, the highest level it has been since…

StartWire, an Internet jobs board, released its latest Job Seeker Confidence Index, which indicates those looking for work were feeling more confident in May than in previous months. In particular, the manufacturing and production sectors showed a major increase in confidence. This may be because the U.S. economy is picking up steam, and jobs are opening…

In news that might encourage some to seek out an alternative solution, PricewaterhouseCoopers has found in a recent survey that increasing government regulations are driving many companies to acquire a Chief Compliance Officer as part of their c-suites. Such a role is for navigating the challenging terrain of the Affordable Care Act and issues having…

Temporary staffing revenue has grown by 10 percent year-over-year in May, according to the most recent Pulse Survey Report by Staffing Industry Analysts. Additionally, staffing companies reporting growth rose 2 percent to reach 73 percent of all firms.This means the business community in the U.S. is becoming accustomed to hiring temporary workers to fill jobs…

Robert Half has released two new forecasts for future hiring growth, and these reports indicate IT and law firms will both be hiring in the second half of 2014.For industry insiders, it should be no surprise that the IT field continues to expand. From July through December, fully 76 percent of CIOs who responded to Robert…

The American Staffing Association's staffing index has reached a 24-week high of 98. This is an increase of 4.59 percent year-over-year, and an increase of almost 1 percent from last week. The staffing index measures weeks starting from Monday and ending on the following Sunday. This week measured June 9 through June 15.Any increase is…