From the Bureau
The Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers(CPI-U) declined 0.2 percent in November, before seasonal adjustment, to a level of 177.4. For the 12-month period ended in November, the CPI-U increased 1.9 percent.
The Consumer Price Index for Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers
(CPI-W) also decreased 0.2 percent in November, prior to seasonal adjustment. The November level of 173.7 was 1.6 percent higher than the index in November 2000.
Real average weekly earnings increased by 0.8 percent from October to November after seasonal adjustment, according to preliminary data. This was due to a 0.3-percent increase in average hourly earnings, a 0.3 percent-gain in average weekly hours, and a 0.1-percent decrease in CPI-W.
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Hiring House is a recruitment outsourcing firm. Personally, I find its declaration of "We Weed Out the Nuts" service rather offensive.
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To Bring Us Into The New Year …
Drawing on two years of research, the authors of Primal Leadership: The Hidden Driver of Great Performance contend that the mood and attendant behaviors of the leader have enormous effects on bottom-line performance. Accordingly, top executives' primal task is emotional leadership. In other words, before leaders can turn to setting strategy, fixing budgets, or hiring staff, they must first attend to the impact of their moods and behaviors. This is a worthwhile read for anyone, not just executives.
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