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Strong Job Posting Gains On LinkUp In August Point To Excellent Jobs Report In October; Weak Job Postings In June And July Indicate Sluggish Job Gains For August And September

On Friday, November 2nd, the Department of Labor will issue its jobs report for October, and It will be one of the strongest reports since the 1st quarter. Unfortunately, it just might be too late to do anything to help President Obama’s case that he has turned around the nation’s employment situation. Based on LinkUp’s [...]

LinkUp Expects Job Drought For Remainder Of Summer

Similar to the brutal and seemingly endless drought ravaging most of the country this Summer, particularly the central U.S., the bad news around the nation’s ability to generate any meaningful job growth will simply not let up. In Q1, the U.S. averaged monthly job gains of 225,000. In Q2, the average monthly job gain dropped [...]