by Market Cheetah | Dec 17, 2020 | Critical Evaluation, Human Resources
Congratulations, you are the proud holder of a SHRM-CP or SHRM-SCP credential! Now that you have achieved this great accomplishment, it’s time to move on to the next leg of your journey: recertification, the mandatory process by which you will maintain your credential.
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by Market Cheetah | Dec 10, 2020 | Critical Evaluation, Human Resources, Labor Market Data
States reported that 853,000 U.S. workers filed for new unemployment benefits during the week ending Dec. 5, amid a new round of business closures due to a resurgence in coronavirus cases. New jobless claims had hovered between 700,000 and 800,000 for the past seven weeks. This number averaged about 200,000 before the pandemic.
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by Market Cheetah | Dec 9, 2020 | Critical Evaluation, Human Resources, Labor Market Data
The U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) cited the federal government’s closely watched weekly jobless claims data as being flawed, containing overestimates, underestimates, inconsistency and a high prevalence of fraud among claimants.
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by Market Cheetah | Dec 4, 2020 | Critical Evaluation, Human Resources, Labor Market Data, Talent Acquisition Metrics and Analytics
U.S. payrolls rose by 245,000 in November, and the unemployment rate dropped to 6.7 percent from 6.9 percent, according to the latest employment report from the Bureau of Labor Statistics.
Employment gains were driven by hiring in transportation and warehousing, business services and health care. Over half of the 22 million workers furloughed or laid off at the onset of the pandemic in March and April have now been rehired.
A growing number of workers have exhausted their state unemployment benefits and have signed up for alternative federal emergency programs due to expire at the end of the year, as states have begun to reimpose restrictions on businesses amid a resurgence in COVID-19 cases.
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by Market Cheetah | Dec 3, 2020 | Critical Evaluation, Human Resources, Labor Market Data
States reported that 712,000 U.S. workers filed for new unemployment benefits during the week ending Nov. 28, as states have begun to reimpose restrictions on businesses amid a resurgence in COVID-19 cases. The total number of workers continuing to claim unemployment benefits fell last week, to 5.5 million.
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by Market Cheetah | Nov 25, 2020 | Critical Evaluation, Human Resources, Labor Market Data
States reported that 778,000 U.S. workers filed for new unemployment benefits during the week ending Nov. 21, an increase of 30,000 from the previous week’s revised total.
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