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Jobs

Hiring Measure Projects Slightly Lower Jobless Claims

Still, seasonally adjusted unemployment claims continued to surge last week

November 25, 2008

Gallup’s hiring measure suggests that job losses continue to surge but that new jobless claims increased last week by less than the 542,000 of the prior week, and probably by less than the 537,000 consensus estimate.More ...

Only 12% Believe Now Is a Good Time to Find a Quality Job

Job-market evaluations worst in seven years

November 24, 2008

A recent Gallup Poll found just 12% of Americans saying now is a good time to find a quality job -- the worst reading Gallup has measured since it began tracking this monthly in 2001. Gallup Poll Daily tracking finds consumer evaluations of the overall economy the worst they have been this year.More ...

Hiring Measure Projects Higher Jobless Claims

Weekly results have high probability of projecting unemployment claims

November 19, 2008

Employee perceptions of the job market suggest odds are better than 7 in 10 that new unemployment claims continued to surge last week, surpassing the 515,000 reported by the Labor Department a week ago.More ...

U.S. Workers Continue to See a Deteriorating Job Market

Hiring picture looking grimmer over last several months

November 17, 2008

American workers continue to report a deteriorating job situation at the companies where they work, with Gallup’s hiring measure for Nov. 14-16 showing that 26% of employees say their company is letting people go, 26% say that their company is hiring, and 43% say the hiring situation at their company has not changed.More ...

Gallup’s Jobs Measure Shows Rapid Deterioration

U.S. jobs recession coming rapidly

November 6, 2008

Employee perceptions of the job market plunged in October as Gallup’s Net New Hiring Activity measure fell 33%. It is now down 60% since January, suggesting the economy lost more than the anticipated 200,000 jobs and that the October unemployment rate should reach or exceed 6.3%.More ...

Italians Losing Confidence in Their Economic Conditions

Express lowest confidence of major European countries surveyed

November 5, 2008

Compared with other major European populations, Italians express the lowest confidence in current economic conditions. Italians surveyed in 2008 are also less likely to feel satisfied with their standard of living than they were in 2007.More ...

Record-High 82% Say Now Is a Bad Time to Find a Job

Stealth issue is beginning to reveal itself to American voters

October 7, 2008

Job-market pessimism reached a new high in the first week of October as the percentage of Americans saying now is a bad time to find a quality job reached 82%.More ...

Shrinking Job Market: The Next Crisis?

Gallup’s Net New Hiring Activity measure shows sharp deterioration in job-market perceptions

October 2, 2008

Employee perceptions of the job market worsened considerably in September, marking the biggest monthly decline this year. Analyzed alongside government figures, it suggests the economy lost even more than the projected 100,000 jobs, which should send unemployment above 6.1%.More ...

The U.S. Job Market

Latest: Gallup’s Jobs Measure Shows Rapid Deterioration

Monthly updates on Gallup's Net New Hiring Activity.More ...

Gallup Daily: U.S. Job Market

Each result is based on a three-day rolling average

Gallup's hiring measure reports the percentage of Americans who, based on what they know or have seen, report that their company or employer is hiring new people and expanding the size of its workforce, not changing the size of its workforce, or letting people go and reducing the size of its workforce.

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Hiring Measure Projects Slightly Lower Jobless Claims

Still, seasonally adjusted unemployment claims continued to surge last week

Only 12% Believe Now Is a Good Time to Find a Quality Job

Job-market evaluations worst in seven years

Hiring Measure Projects Higher Jobless Claims

Weekly results have high probability of projecting unemployment claims

U.S. Workers Continue to See a Deteriorating Job Market

Hiring picture looking grimmer over last several months

Gallup’s Jobs Measure Shows Rapid Deterioration

U.S. jobs recession coming rapidly

Italians Losing Confidence in Their Economic Conditions

Express lowest confidence of major European countries surveyed

Record-High 82% Say Now Is a Bad Time to Find a Job

Stealth issue is beginning to reveal itself to American voters

Shrinking Job Market: The Next Crisis?

Gallup’s Net New Hiring Activity measure shows sharp deterioration in job-market perceptions

The U.S. Job Market

Latest: Gallup’s Jobs Measure Shows Rapid Deterioration

Gallup Daily: U.S. Job Market

Each result is based on a three-day rolling average

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