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Small Business Job Growth Slows
If you’re looking for a job, it’s still rough out there, according to new research from payroll and accounting software firm, Intuit Inc. The monthly SMB outlook report shows missed new job goals, longer hours and an overarching slowing growth rate among small business across the country. In short, it is not a very pretty…
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Job Offers on the Rise for Senior Technology Engineers
IT solution providers are now posting more contract-for-hire positions and permanent placement positions as the economy recovers and tech spending is coming back from a long recession and frozen IT budgets. That’s according to SmartSource CEO Joe Iovinelli. SmartSource is a Chicago-based employment firm that specializes in the IT solution provider market and serving its…
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Business to Hire to Pre-Recession Levels By 2012, Study Shows
More than half of large U.S. businesses that reduced their workforces in the last year plan to rebuild to pre-recession levels within two years according to a new study from consulting firm Accenture. The Accenture High Performance Workforce Study found that 54 percent of large companies plan to rebuild while only 13 percent plan to…
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ADP Jobs Report Shows Slow Rise in Employment
The private sector added 13,000 jobs in June on a seasonally adjusted basis, according to the most recent ADP National Employment Report, released today. Medium businesses added the most jobs at 11,000, while small businesses were down 1,000 and large businesses were up 3,000. The news was not as good for those working in the…