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2012-08-25 Self-employment

Self-Employment Is On the Rise [Chart of the Week]

Each Saturday, #we publish our Chart of the Week. It presents interesting trends and data, usually related to the U.S. labor market. Entrepreneurs and solopreneurs are a special breed of #CareerGravity practitioners. There are two main reasons for this. First, their online presence is usually critical to their ability to acquire and keep customers. Second, […]

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2012-07-21 - Underfunded Pensions

Private Pension Underfunding at Record Levels [Chart of the Week]

Each Saturday, #we publish our Chart of the Week. It presents interesting trends and data, usually related to the U.S. labor market. This week’s chart shows private pension funding compared to the S&P 500 and comes courtesy of the ZeroHedge blog: …according to a recent S&P study, private companies are at record levels of pension under-funding. Fiscal […]

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U.S Unemployment rate vs Participation rate

U.S. Unemployment Rate vs. Participation Rate [Chart of the Week]

Each Saturday, #we publish our Chart of the Week. It presents interesting trends and data, usually related to the U.S. labor market. Yesterday, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) released the monthly jobs report for June, 2012. The BLS said private payrolls increased 84,000, while the government lost 4,000 jobs. Economists expected job growth of […]

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