It’s a Monday Mixer at DARTON GROUP! Some of the things on our radar screen… The USA’s unemployment rate edged up to 9.8% in November. The temporary help industry continues to add jobs. November’s gain in private-sector employment is the largest in 3 years. The Beige Book finds “moderate” economic growth in its Fifth District [...]
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Monday Mixer
Posted in DARTON Mixer, Research + Statistics, tagged Beige Book, BLS, Booz & Company, Bureau of Labor and Statistics, Charlotte accounting jobs, Charlotte finance jobs, Darton Group, Gifts for Golfers, Golfsmith, Juju.com Job Search Difficulty Index, strategy + business, Unemployment Rate on December 6, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Highlights – Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey
Posted in Research + Statistics, Workplace Trends, tagged BLS, Bureau of Labor Statistics, Charlotte employment, Charlotte jobs, Darton Group, Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey, JOLTS, Labor Statistics, workforce statistics on September 9, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
The Bureau of Labor Statistics has released its latest Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey (JOLTS) dated September 8, 2010. The DARTON team has reviewed the report and found the following highlights of interest. When the recession began in December 2007, there were 1.8 unemployed persons per job opening. In November 2009, the ratio rose [...]
Employment Trends in Consulting and Temp Staffing
Posted in Research + Statistics, tagged American Staffing Association, BLS, Bureau of Labor Statistics, Consulting Trends, Darton Group, Temporary Staffing Statistics, Temporary Staffing Trends, US Employment Rate on July 3, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
The Bureau of Labor Statistics released its latest jobs reports yesterday. The USA unemployment rate dipped from 9.7 percent in May 2010 to 9.5 percent in June 2010. It is being widely reported that the improvement is actually tied to more people opting out of the job seeking process (which is obviously troubling). It is interesting [...]
Jobs: The Road to Recovery
Posted in In the News, tagged BLS, Bureau of Labor Statistics, CareerBuilder, Charlotte Economy, Charlotte jobs, Charlotte Temp Staffing, Darton Group, Staffing Industry Analysts, USA Today on April 5, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
So what is going on with the road to recovery for jobs? Last week the BLS reported that total nonfarm payrolls in the USA increased by 162,000 jobs while the unemployment rate remained constant at 9.7% for the 3rd month in a row. DARTON’s take? We continue to see positive news suggesting that the road [...]
Occupational Pay: Charlotte vs. Other Metro Areas
Posted in Compensation, Uncategorized, tagged BLS, Bureau of Labor Statistics, Charlotte Salaries, Occupational Pay, Pay Comparison, Pay Relatives, The Darton Group, Wage Surveys on July 27, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Last Friday, the BLS (Bureau of Labor Statistics) http://www.bls.gov/ released its most recent survey results showing 2007 Occupational Pay Comparisons Among Metropolitan Areas. Of course, the Darton Group team immediately leaped into the data specific to Charlotte and the finance profession. So what did we learn? Let’s begin by defining the term “pay relatives“. Pay relatives [...]


