December job openings and hires slower than 2006
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Employers posted fewer job openings  and hired fewer people in December than a year ago, government  data showed on Tuesday, in a report that further underlined the  weakness of the labor market.
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US employers boosted payrolls by 157,000 jobs in December, keeping the economy on a path of moderate expansion and completing the first year of job growth since 2000.
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Hiring practically stalled in December, driving the nation's unemployment rate up to a two-year high of 5 percent and fanning fears of a recession.
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Employment climbed at a steady pace in December, suggesting the economy is on a solid footing but that employers are still cautious about hiring.
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Job turnover in July moved at the slowest pace in more than a year due to a softening labor market, a government report showed on Tuesday.
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U.S. employers added a scant 18,000 jobs in December and the national unemployment rate kicked up to five percent, its highest in more than two years, according to a government report on Friday that underlined the economy's rapidly slowing momentum.
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The nation's labor market softened a bit in the new year, with the unemployment rate edging up to 4.6 percent in January as job growth slowed, the Labor Department said today.
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WASHINGTON - Employers slowed their hiring as they headed into the holiday shopping season, adding just 112,000 new jobs in November.
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A surprisingly soft 112,000 new U.S. jobs were created in November, the Labor Department said on Friday, casting a shadow across an already downbeat holiday sales season with consumers apparently worried by scarce work and high oil prices.
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Jobless workers in Boston with the right skills could find employment soon. Some area employers expect to maintain a steady hiring pace during the fourth quarter of 2004, according to a survey released yesterday by Manpower Inc. The outlook is brightest in wholesale and retail trade, education, and public administration.
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MILWAUKEE -- Twenty-three percent of US employers plan to hire more people in the first quarter of next year, a level of growth on par with the same period last year but lower than more recent quarters, according to a survey of 14,000 companies.
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U.S. factories picked up their pace in December, capping off a year of expansion in the manufacturing industry despite some recent signs of a downturn in employment, a report showed on Monday.
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The nation's labor markets sputtered again last month as job growth, which surged in October, reverted to the lackluster pace that has marked the recovery for much of the year.
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Job turnover in July moved at the  slowest pace in more than a year due to a softening labor  market, a government report showed on Tuesday.
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U.S. employers added 157,000 workers overall to their payrolls in December, bringing the year-end total of new jobs to 2.2 million, the best showing in five years. The unemployment rate held steady at 5.4 percent.
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The new year is expected to usher in a flurry of job hopping as employees frustrated by years of incremental raises and scarce advancement opportunities shop  for new employers. Nearly half of U.S. companies face an  exodus as the economy improves, according to a survey by Novations Selection.
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Business & money: Figures for December are lowest since 2005, despite strongest ever year for lending