Monthly Archives: November 2013

JOB MARKET TREND: It’s a matter of math and numbers, really.  Right now, companies in the Manufacturing industry are trying to fill 237,000 job openings.  (That’s NOT a typo.)  Here’s the kicker: that number is going to get bigger during the next several years—a lot bigger.  The reason?  Once again,

JOB MARKET TREND: According to the Labor Department, U.S. payrolls added 204,000 jobs during the month of October.  That beat economists’ forecasts by quite a lot, since they forecast an addition of 120,000 jobs to the economy.  At the same time, the nation’s unemployment rate rose slightly, from 7.2% in