Job Picture Brightens, More Aug Hiring
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The US job market brightened modestly in August as employers added 144,000 workers to payrolls and weak hiring tallies for the two prior months were revised up, the Labor Department said on Friday.
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The pace of hiring for US companies in the fourth quarter is expected to be consistent with the solid employment activity of the past six months, and much improved from a year ago, according to Manpower Inc.
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The first employment survey released after the election said U.S. businesses added 337,000 jobs -- almost twice as many as expected -- last month.
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The restaurant chain reports positive comps for August.
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THE NUMBERS: Employers went on a hiring spree in October, adding 337,000 new jobs, the Labor Department said Friday. The surge was the largest in seven months.
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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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The report ignited renewed hopes that after years of caution, businesses may be starting to hire workers more aggressively.
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Job postings reveal company's increasing Linux involvement, even if Photoshop won't run on open source anytime soon.
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US employers added 132,000 new jobs in June, higher than market expectations, official figures show.
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U.S. employers added 132,000 jobs in June and payrolls rose more strongly than previously thought in April and May, according to a Labor Department report that underlined a strengthening job market.
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Hiring slowed in July as employers added just 113,000 new jobs, propelling the unemployment rate to a five-month high of 4.8 percent and providing fresh evidence that companies are growing cautious amid high energy prices. Wages grew solidly.
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The U.S. jobs picture may have been better than first estimated from April 2005 to March 2006, according to new Labor Department estimates.
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First-quarter hiring plans among US employers increased from the same period a year earlier, according to a survey released today by Manpower Inc.
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WASHINGTON - America's payrolls picked up in August, with the economy adding 144,000 jobs, slightly less than economists were forecasting and highlighting the slow and uneven recovery in the labor market that jobseekers have braved.    The unemployment rate dipped to 5.4 percent last month from 5.5 percent in July...
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Shoppers and tourists kept salespeople busy, factories for the most part hummed and the jobs picture brightened over the last few months, fresh signs that the economy is moving solidly ahead.
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Employers added a  stronger-than-expected 132,000 new jobs in June and also  boosted payrolls more strongly than previously thought in April  and May, according to a Labor Department report that underlined  a strengthening job market.
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After job growth skidded nearly to a halt in June and July, signs are emerging that companies are ready to jump-start hiring and might already be expanding their payrolls at a faster pace.