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.
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.
Focused Candidates Visit Focused Job
Boards.
Find your focus below and discover a new channel of fresh
talent!
Staffing Industry Executive Forum
March 13 - 16
The Beverly Hilton
Beverly Hills, CA Brochure (516K)
$1,695
Register
ER Expo 2006 Spring
San Diego, CA
March 14-16, 2006
$1395 More Info
Register
Recruiting 2006 Conference and Expo
Recruiting for Competitive Advantage
Las Vegas Hilton, Las Vegas, Nevada
May 10-11, 2006 Register or call 800-531-0007 ext. 631.
NACE National Meeting & Expo
Anaheim Marriott/ Anaheim Convention Center
May 30 - June 2, 2006 More Info
Register
HR.com's Employers of Excellence
2006
October 25 - 27, 2006
Red Rock Resort
Las Vegas, Nevada Register
Got News?
Send your company news, personnel changes, placements, and other tidbits of interest. News you'd like to see covered that we haven't? Let us know.
Home 
