7 posts and columns on job market

Disney “Transitioning” Ideal Bite, Its $20 Million “Green” Lifestyle Newsletter

in Media on October 12, 2009 at 6:27 pm PT

Ideal Bite, the green-flavored lifestyle newsletter business Disney bought in June 2008, faces an uncertain fate: Its parent company is shuttling the unit from one corporate silo to another and says it’s not sure what will become of it once that happens. Translation: The job market is going to see a few more resumes.
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April’s Job Loss Report Less of a Train Wreck Than March’s

in News on May 6, 2009 at 7:11 am PT

The number of job cuts made during April was the lowest since October. That’s the latest from outplacement services provider Challenger, Gray & Christmas, which said today that “planned workforce reductions” in April were 132,590–12 percent fewer than the more than 150,000 recorded in March. Great news, right? Until you realize that the “planned reductions” to which the company refers were up 47 percent from a year earlier and are still at recession levels.
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Crappy Times Are Here Again…

in News on March 6, 2009 at 2:00 pm PT

Another grim report from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics today shows the job market slipping closer still to the grim levels it reached in 1982. The country lost 651,000 jobs in February, pushing the national unemployment rate to 8.1 percent, the Bureau said Friday. That’s its highest rate in 25 years.

Microsoft's Economic Stimulus Plan

in News on February 23, 2009 at 1:40 pm PT

Microsoft’s Economic Stimulus Plan

in News on February 23, 2009 at 1:40 pm PT

"Elevate America" Program Actually Elevate Microsoft Program

in News on February 23, 2009 at 6:59 am PT

Microsoft gave technical training to the 5,000 employees it plans to lay off over the next 18 months. Now it’s extending that benefit to the rest of the unemployed labor pool. On Sunday, the company announced Elevate America, a three-year job-training effort aimed at giving people the technology skills they need to survive in the job market.

“Elevate America” Program Actually Elevate Microsoft Program

in News on February 23, 2009 at 6:59 am PT

Microsoft gave technical training to the 5,000 employees it plans to lay off over the next 18 months. Now it’s extending that benefit to the rest of the unemployed labor pool. On Sunday, the company announced Elevate America, a three-year job-training effort aimed at giving people the technology skills they need to survive in the job market.