Why Candidates Still Struggle to Find Good Jobs  Recent economic reports have been filled with contradictory signals. While negative headlines suggest economic turmoil is just around the corner (predictions that have lasted more than 18 months now), the headline numbers in labor reports have been consistently strong.   We continue to see job gains that meet […]

This week, we are breaking down the latest “First Friday” jobs report. June’s hiring totals did not smash expectations. With a respectable 206,000 new jobs added, hiring met expectations for the first time in months. Once again, job gains were concentrated to a few industries, which indicates that private-sector hiring is slowing. The unemployment rate […]