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September 4, 2009  3:32 PM

September 09 Employment Situation



Posted by: Ed Tittel
August 09 employment situation, August 2009 employment situation, IT career planning, IT job search, US BLS, US Bureau of Labor Statistics

This morning the US Bureau of Labor Statistics released the employment numbers for August, 2009. These numbers aren't especially good: they reversed the modest trend from June and July during which time the unemployment...

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May 9, 2009  2:37 PM

Good news/bad news on unemployment



Posted by: Ed Tittel
BLS April 2009 situation summary, IT career planning, IT careers, IT employment, IT employment trends, IT unemployment figures, US Bureau of Labor Statistics

Yesterday's unemployment figures from the BLS and the most recent unemployment claims numbers tell a "good news/bad news" story about the job market. Actually it's really more of a "bad news/good news" tale, because the bad news is that unemployment has hit a 26-year high of 8.9 percent (the last...

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February 25, 2009  4:07 PM

About IT (Un)Employment: It Could Always Be Worse



Posted by: Ed Tittel
coping with job loss, IT career planning, IT employment, unemployment statistics, US Bureau of Labor Statistics

For a quick take on the US Government's view of the current employment situation, the US Bureau of Labor Statistics Employment Situation Summary always provides a pretty current view. In reading over the most recent report--for January 2009,...

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