Labor

Top 10 Job Openings for October

Having wiped this week’s excremental non-farm payroll data from our hair and car windshields, I would say it’s time we began to focus on which sectors and industries are actually hiring. In a highly unscientific study, I’ve come up with what I believe to be the Top 10 Job Openings for October 2009: 10.  Virtually…

February '09 Jobs Report Word Cloud

On March 6th, the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) released the February Non-Farm Payrolls report and it was pages and pages of some of the most mind-numbingly depressing stuff you could imagine. So I thought I’d have some fun with it…here’s a word cloud built with actual text of the report itself: Props to Wordle