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• The 2015 NFP Roller Coaster Ride Starts Tomorrow
  on Mar 5, 2015 in Employment & Jobs Data 2015 Labor Market Forecast How Long Do Jobs Take To Get Filled Job Duration Job Growth in 2015 LinkUp Job Search Engine Roller Coaster Rides
  In perhaps the biggest understatement of the week, we are a bit of an outlier for tomorrow’s NFP jobs number. Of the 94 estimates, not only are we the highest, but we’re nearly 60% above the median estimate and 80,000 jobs above the next...
• Strong Growth In January Job Openings Points To Above-Consensus February Jobs Estimate
  on Mar 3, 2015 in Employment & Jobs Data #NFPGuesses 2015 Job Growth Forecast BLS Employment Situation Report February Jobs Report Green Shoots Job Growth Job Search Engine LinkUp Round Up The Best Place To Look For A Job
  Following a strong year of net job gains, a year in which just over 3 million new jobs were added to the U.S. economy (finally!), it looks like 2015 will be an even stronger year. But of course, any forecast relating to sustained job growth for the...
• Layoff rumors? Position yourself for success after the pink slip
  on Mar 3, 2015 in Career JobSeekers downsizing layoffs Unemployment
  Have layoff rumors been floating around your place of work? The thought of losing your job can leave a lump in your stomach and a sour taste in your mouth. No one likes the stress of wondering each day if it might be your last at work, but even in go...
• Terrorism and the Workplace, Keeping Employees Safe
  on Feb 25, 2015 in Human Resources HR planning terrorism
  Terrorist threats are plentiful around the globe, but when those threats hit close to home, it can be extremely concerning. The recent Al Shabaab threats to shopping centers, including the Mall of America here in the Twin Cities, have many people won...
• 5 simple tips to refresh your headshot
  on Feb 19, 2015 in Career Mobile Office Culture Social Media headshot linkedin
  What does your LinkedIn profile picture say about you? As content on the web becomes increasingly more visual, pictures have become an integral component of our LinkedIn profiles. In fact, according to LinkedIn, you’re 14 times more likely to...
• Listen to the Buzz: Employees Prefer an Open Office
  on Feb 16, 2015 in Office Culture Uncategorized Open office Productivity work culture
  Last week’s post on open offices generated a lot of strong opinions in the comments on LinkedIn. I’m humbled by all of the “likes” and excited about the quality discussion on both sides of the debate. From people discussing building acous...
• HR insight: Lessons learned from the Brian Williams scandal
  on Feb 11, 2015 in Human Resources Office Culture brian williams HR lying policy
  Late last night NBC announced Brian Williams’ suspension without pay for 6 months from his job as the anchor and managing editor of NBC Nightly News. After he recanted a story from 2003, in which he claimed a helicopter he was riding in du...
• The Pace Or ‘Velocity’ Of Hiring Among U.S. Employers Has Slowed A Bit Since October
  on Feb 5, 2015 in Employment & Jobs Data Average Number of Days Employers Take To Fill Job Openings Days Employers Take To Fill Jobs Jobs Duration LinkUp Jobs Duration Report Pace of Hiring Pace of U.S. Hiring Velocity of U.S. Hiring
  Each month, we look at the pace or ‘velocity’ of hiring among the 50,000 employers whose jobs we index in our job search engine. The graphic below shows, for each of the past 10 months, the length of time that job openings were on LinkUp...
• January Jobs Numbers Will Disappoint But February Looks Excellent; Strength In Labor Market Should Be Sustained Through At Least Q1
  on Feb 5, 2015 in Employment & Jobs Data #NFPGuesses Employment Situation Report February Jobs Forecast January Jobs Numbers Job Growth Labor Market Oil Price Impact On Job Growth Q1 2015 Labor Market When Will The Fed Raise Rates
  While the delay in posting our January jobs forecast is causing a bit of anxiety, the elevated stress levels have been greatly assuaged by the fact that cause of the delay lies the unprecedented demand we’ve seen for our core recruitment adver...
• 6 simple ideas for staying productive in an open-office setting
  on Feb 4, 2015 in Career Office Culture concentration Open office Productivity
  The open-office design made popular by tech companies like Google and Facebook recently has been met with some backlash. What was believed to create an innovative and collaborative work space is now being criticized for being too distracting and ulti...

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