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Nov 12, 2020

U.S. Data Suggest Economic Recovery May Be Weakening

Reuters | An index of job postings from hiring site Indeed www.hiringlab.org continues to climb and is now just 13% below 2019 levels, and shift work across a sample of firms and industries rose 1.3% last week, according to data from time management firm UKG here. Initial jobless claims, at 709,000 for the week ending Nov. 7, remain astoundingly high, but continue to edge lower.

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Nov 10, 2020

U.S. Job Openings Are Rising Closer to Pre-Coronavirus Levels

The Wall Street Journal | The number of workers’ weekly shifts, another measure of labor demand, increased 0.8% in October from September, according to UKG, a workforce management software company. That marked the sixth month of increase, though that pace slowed from 3.3% growth in August and September.

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Nov 9, 2020

HR Tech Can Help Solve The Next Major Workplace Challenge: Connectedness

Forbes | Many workplaces are starting to realize the consequences of a quick (but necessary) transition to remote or hybrid working environments in the wake of Covid-19. The initial challenge of getting employees up and running from home has been solved, but now an even bigger problem looms: how to keep them connected and engaged.

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Nov 6, 2020

Economy Added 638,000 Jobs in October as Growth Slows

The Washington Post | States with cooler weather in the Northeast and Midwest saw steeper declines in the number of businesses open, it said. Data from the Ultimate Kronos Group, another scheduling-software company, had similar results, showing that shift work in the retail, food service and hospitality sectors stayed nearly flat in October.

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Nov 5, 2020

Amid Election Uncertainty and Viral Surge, U.S. Economic Recovery Wobbles

Reuters | Employment at a broader set of industries, maintained by UKG here, has been sluggish, growing at less than 1% through October, virtually flat for the smallest businesses, and falling over the past week.

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Nov 5, 2020

U.S. Jobs Market Set to Extend Rebound at Softening Pace

Bloomberg | The number of people who had been unemployed for 27 weeks or longer surged by a record in September as the pandemic stretched on. The number will likely increase in October. Meanwhile, data from Ultimate Kronos Group, a software and services company that tracks time-clock punches, showed monthly shift growth in the U.S. slowed from 3.3% in both August and September to just 0.8% in October.