From The Bureau

Unemployment Insurance Weekly Claims Report
Seasonally Adjusted Data

In the week ending Feb. 4, the advance figure for seasonally adjusted initial claims was 277,000, an increase of 4,000 from the previous week's unrevised figure of 273,000. The 4-week moving average was 276,500, a decrease of 7,750 from the previous week's unrevised average of 284,250.

The advance seasonally adjusted insured unemployment rate was 2.0 percent for the week ending Jan. 28, an increase of 0.1 percentage point from the prior week's unrevised rate of 1.9 percent.

The advance number for seasonally adjusted insured unemployment during the week ending Jan. 28 was 2,557,000, an increase of 60,000 from the preceding week's revised level of 2,497,000. The 4-week moving average was 2,538,750, a decrease of 33,750 from the preceding week's revised average of 2,572,500.

Reveille and Hyperbole

Bullhorn, provider of on demand, front office staffing and recruiting software, announced tha it has been selected by PrideStaff, a leading staffing firm with 27 franchise locations, 3 company owned and two specialty divisions, located across the U.S.

The Human Capital Institute (HCI), a professional association and educator in talent management strategies, and Pilat HR Solutions, a provider of talent management consulting and software, announced that Pilat will sponsor HCI's Human Capital Theory & Strategy learning and research track.



Prospect City, a portal dedicated exclusively to independent recruiting researchers for the sharing and selling of services, announces the addition of several new products: Velvet System: Velvet is an asp-based search management system targeting recruiters. The Black Book of Executive Search: Explains how recruiters work; their motivations; strengths, vulnerabilities and alternative innovation. Search Firm Start Up Kit & Services: We are offering outsourced infrastructure services to boutique executive recruiters.





Couldn't Pass It Up

Working Women's Attitudes Toward Pregnancy Are Changing

When Marcy Parker, a national account manager for a consumer-products company, saw a co-worker apologizing to bosses for being pregnant and insisting she'd work harder than ever, Ms. Parker took her aside.

"You should change your attitude," the Roswell, Ga., mother of two says she told her colleague. "This is just a company. You're making a baby. That's much more important."

The notion that women must take it easy during pregnancy has long been dismissed as folklore. But now a growing body of research links high levels of stress or anxiety in some women to preterm birth, smaller babies and potential problems later, from respiratory ailments to developmental delays. The discoveries are fueling a gradual change in working women's attitudes toward managing pregnancy, and they are yielding new information about steps women can take to reduce risk -- from simple schedule changes to yoga and meditation.

The Wall Street Journal Online

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Index Noted.....

Yoh Index of Technology Wages Measuring changes in employee demand and supply of technology talent worldwide.

Tech Wages Hit Highest Level in Five Years During Fourth Quarter of 2005

Hourly wages for highly skilled technology professionals hit record levels in the fourth quarter of 2005, according to the latest Yoh Index of Technology Wages, the quarterly compensation index used by Fortune 500 companies to determine salary scales since 2001.

In the fourth quarter, wages increased 3.1% overall, when compared to the same quarter in 2004. Wages reached their peak in the four-week period between October 10, 2006 and November 6, 2006 when they averaged $30.27 per hour, and the Yoh Index of Technology Wages hit 108.37, the highest level it has reached since its inception in 2001. The Yoh Index of Technology Wages ended the fourth quarter of 2005 at 106.12, when indexed to January 2001 (1/2001 = 100), representing a near 11% total increase in wages for high-impact technology professionals since the fourth quarter of 2001.

The Yoh Index of Technology Wages presents a current view of the changes in employer demand and supply of technology workers nationwide. Indexed to January 2001 the Yoh Index of Technology Wages was first introduced in January 2003 and is released quarterly.

The employment markets covered by the Yoh Index of Technology Wages are:

Aviation
Engineering
Information Technology
Manufacturing
Scientific
Telecommunications
Utility

To receive a quarterly eMail about the Yoh Index of Technology Wages, please click here.

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