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Job Openings By City For Top 50 Largest Cities In The U.S.

One of the new reports we will start publishing each month is the number of job openings in the 50 largest cities in the U.S. The report below includes the number of job openings on LinkUp’s job search engine on March 13, 2013 within a 25 mile radius around the 50 largest cities in the [...]

Winter Is Coming, But LinkUp Predicts Strong Job Growth This Spring

Scene: Somewhere in the Riverlands, south of The Twins. Tywin Lannister: “When the battle commences, you and your wildlings will be in the vanguard.” Tyrion Lannister: “The vanguard? Me and the tribesman, on the front lines?” After a brief recounting of the savagery of the Stone Crows and the Moon Brothers the night prior, Tyrion [...]

December Jobs Report Will Be Far Better Than Expected; Strong Employment Gains Should Continue Through Q1 2013

Despite mixed to horrible marks for the quality of the bill as a solid solution to the nation’s long-term revenue and expense woes (one former budget official from the Clinton administration speaking earlier today on Bloomberg Radio gave it a D-), last night’s passage of HR 8 – The Tax Relief Extension Act – has [...]

Look For Strong Jobs Reports in November & December; Let’s Hope The Grinch Doesn’t Ruin The Start Of The New Year

Despite pretty bleak jobs data from LinkUp’s job search engine in November, we’re forecasting that tomorrow’s jobs report will be better than anticipated. We’re also predicting that December’s jobs report will be quite strong. Unfortunately, our jobs data from November points to a weak start to 2013, but we’ll see what happens as we get [...]

Job Gains Look Really Strong For Remainder Of 2012

While I would normally say it was unfortunate that I missed the self-imposed deadline for posting our 60-day jobs forecast yesterday, the delay turns out to have been quite fortuitous. The BLS released the October Employment Situation Report this morning which stated that the U.S. economy grew payrolls by 171,000 in October. On October 4th, [...]

September Jobs Report Will Be Worse Than Anticipated; Expect Better News In October And Weak Jobs Numbers In November

As has been the case seemingly forever, trying to attain some visibility into the nation’s employment situation these days is like trying to take a picture with the new iPhone 5. While that exercise can be marred by a funny purple haze, the view of the labor market at the moment is marred by a thick [...]

Most Popular Job Titles On LinkUp In July

Top 50 Job Titles On LinkUp’s Job Search Engine In June

June Jobs Report Will Be Slightly Better Than Anticipated; July Less So

With the nation’s singular focus on the economy as the November election rapidly approaches, all eyes will be on Friday’s jobs report for June. If the pundits on Slate’s Political Gabfest are correct (and at least John and Emily almost always are), most undecided and/or independent voters will be making up their minds in July [...]

Top 50 Job Titles In LinkUp’s Job Search Engine In May

Below are the top 50 most popular job titles indexed by LinkUp in May. LinkUp is the only job search engine on the web that indexes only jobs found on corporate websites throughout the U.S. Updated daily, LinkUp’s job search engine contains over 1,000,000 job openings indexed from 25,000 company websites. Because LinkUp does not include any jobs sourced [...]