Our survey reveals extending unemployment benefits affects job recovery

At People Science we speak on average to 4000 job seekers per week. we conducted our own observance survey.

Using three separate positions Sales, Customer Service and Marketing for samples from the time period of February of 2010 through September of 2010, 46 percent of candidates on unemployment informed us they would consider the position if their unemployment was running out.
In fact many suggested they would be very interested but wanted to take some time for themselves. Many others had been looking for sometime but were going to wait and see what opportunities arose while they collected.

Generation Y speaks up After I wrote the Hiring – Are We There Yet? blog, I saw this interesting view on the US job market worth sharing: Penelope Trunk is a frequent workplace commentator on CNN, 20/20 and FOX News. With business school applications declining and the impending mass retirement of Baby Boomers, Penelope has [...]

All good signs in very strange times Ever since the last unemployment figures were announced I have been meaning to take a look at the total employment trends for this year.  My reasoning is twofold. First, at People-Science we have seen a marked increase in hiring interest and actual new hire requisitions. Second, our conversations [...]