Smaller Companies Driving National Payroll Increases

On August 31st ADP announced that private-sector payrolls rose by 91,000 for the month. The amazing thing is of those 91,000 job additions, 96.7% (88,000) came from small and mid-sized firms. Larger companies of 500 or more employees added a mere 3,000 workers in...

If you’re fired, be honest about why

Bobby Sisk, reporter/anchor on WCNC Newschannel 36 and columnist for The Charlotte Observer turned to Deborah Millhouse, president of CEO Inc. for advice on readers’ questions. In this article titled “If you’re fired, be honest about...

Unemployment rate for college grads dropped in June

The Bureau of Labor Statistics, a division of the US Department of Labor, published its most recent unemployment numbers for June 2011.  The unemployment rate published on July 8th for June 2011 is 9.2%.  That is slightly up from May 2011 [by .129%].   This is...

Digging deeper into the latest employment stats

The unemployment rate is published by the Bureau of Labor Statistics, a division of the U.S. Department of Labor.  The rate is found by dividing the number of unemployed by the total civilian labor force. On June 3, 2011, the BLS published the most recent unemployment...