The Monster Employment Index fell seven points in November, as further economic uncertainty and workforce reductions continued to weigh on U.S. online recruitment activity. Year-over-year, the Index is now down 22 percent, with U.S. online job availability at its lowest level since 2004.
Marketing executives are under growing pressure to show a return on investment for their programs, but many are struggling and finding the process complex, according to a report by The Conference Board, the global business research and membership organization.
The Chief Executive magazine's CEO Index reached its lowest level ever in November, hitting 50 points (set at 100 points when polling began in October 2002). The CEO Index, the nation's only monthly CEO Index, has now dropped 56 percent in the preceding 12 months.
Health insurance premiums have slowed to less than half the growth rate from five years ago, yet higher costs, increased utilization and waste in the health care system continue to fuel underlying health cost increases, a new report finds.
Despite concerns over the costs of international assignment programs and ongoing trepidation about the weaker global economy, international assignments remain on the upswing, according to the results of KPMG's 2008 Global Assignment Policies and Practices Survey, conducted by the International Executive Services (IES) practice of KPMG LLP, the audit, tax and advisory firm.
If the federal government stopped the Medicare and Social Security programs tomorrow - collecting no more payroll taxes and allowing no more accrual of benefits - it would still owe up to $52 trillion to those who have already earned these benefits, according to a new study by the National Center for Policy Analysis.
No wonder the Big Three American car companies have returned to Washington with their begging bowls outstretched, asking for billions more than the $US25 billion offered by US politicians last month.
Fitch believes that growing event risk associated with economic, competitive and regulatory pressures will weaken the credit profile of most operators within the U.S. telecommunications and cable sector in 2009. Growing unemployment, continuing home foreclosures, the acceleration of cord-cutting, evolution of wireless smart-phone-based data services, and a changing regulatory environment with a new Federal Communications Commission (FCC) make-up and key regulatory programs up for reform represent some of the challenges to the industry in 2009. These challenges will result in a changing landscape and difficult operating environment for many companies.
Online advertised vacancies declined 70,200 to 4,369,200 in November, according to The Conference Board Help-Wanted Online Data Series (HWOL)™. The November loss brought the decline this fall (September, October and November) to 264,000.
A survey conducted by Job Search Digest, publishers of Hedge Fund Jobs Digest, revealed a shift in the hedge fund industry. Given the current state of the market, the results tell an interesting story and show that industry players knew trouble was on the horizon earlier this year.
