Making Sense of Job and Employment Reports

A news release published today by one of the country’s largest outplacement firms Challenger, Gray & Christmas  reports layoffs slowed nationwide in  June.
The C,G & C report says “job cuts fell to a 15-month low of 74, 393 jobs ” which was 33 percent less than May, and the “lowest since 53,579 job cuts were announced [...]

Recruiters on Job Openings and Job Trends in Boston

Recruiters claim Boston’s cluster of IT and biotechnology institutions like the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (above) are spurring a small, but strong boom in software jobs with a focus on health care, cloud computing, open source and search engine specialists.

From CFOs to social-media experts to mobile developers for iPhone apps, recruiters in the Boston-area speak [...]

Marc Cenedella: 10 Stories You Must Read for Your Job Search

You might not even be aware, but TheLadders’ operates its own little news department to keep you abreast of the issues and events that affect your job search and often get ignored by business coverage in the media. A team of three editors and a handful of reporters writes and prepares stories every week that [...]