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Gad Levanon is chief economist for North America at The Conference Board. The opinions expressed in this commentary are his own. On Friday, headlines touted two big numbers from the monthly jobs report: the unemployment rate and the number of new jobs created. But there is much more to it. Published every month by the US Bureau of Labor Statistics, the report provides a treasure trove of information about the real health of the US economy. Here are four other figures you should be looking at. Temporary work For the last year or so, job growth has slowed. Whereas 2018 saw an average of 223,000 new jobs created each month, this year has seen a monthly average of 180,000. Will that trend continue? Read More When it comes to future employment growth, the number of workers in the temporary help industry is a good indicator. Companies tend to reduce the number of workers they hire from staffing firms before they lay off their own employees and may refrain from bringing on … [Read more...] about America is too focused on the unemployment rate. Here’s what we need to be looking at

Photo: PRWeb Photo: PRWeb Image 1 of / 1 Caption Close Image 1 of 1 Photo: PRWeb Stop the Soul Sucking: Nonprofit Offers Solutions to Bring Humanism to Corporate America 1  /  1 Back to Gallery After success with reimagining global education in America, Dallas based nonprofit global service learning organization, Bright Light Volunteers, sets its sights on helping big business find and keep its soul. DALLAS (PRWEB) December 10, 2019 Study after study show that you can lose significant capital because of employee turnover and new hiring costs. Millennials are taking over the "business stage" and are demanding a better work/life balance, not to mention a focus on making their work meaningful. Recruiting, training, and retaining top talent is an increasingly … [Read more...] about Stop the Soul Sucking: Nonprofit Offers Solutions to Bring Humanism to Corporate America

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Photo: PRWeb Photo: PRWeb Image 1 of / 1 Caption Close Image 1 of 1 Photo: PRWeb National Wreaths Across America Event has Local Participation through McLeod Software 1  /  1 Back to Gallery Participation locally will take place at Currie-Jefferson Memorial Gardens South in Hoover, AL, where over 500 veteran gravesites will be honored with a wreath laying ceremony from donations and volunteers through McLeod Software. BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (PRWEB) December 11, 2019 The national nonprofit organization, Wreaths Across America, mission to Remember, Honor, and Teach, is carried out in part by coordinating wreath laying ceremonies at Arlington National Cemetery, as well as veterans’ cemeteries and other locations in all 50 states and beyond. Over 500,000 … [Read more...] about National Wreaths Across America Event has Local Participation through McLeod Software

Toyota Motor Corp.'s longest-serving American head of its U.S. business is retiring and will be replaced by a Japanese executive who's little known outside the company. Jim Lentz, a 37-year Toyota veteran, will retire and step down as chief executive officer of Toyota Motor North America on April 1 and be replaced by Tetsuo "Ted" Ogawa, who's been chief operating officer of the regional unit since January. The shake-up comes at a delicate time for Toyota, which has struggled along with other automakers to adjust to shifts in U.S. environmental and trade policies. The company was targeted by President Donald Trump soon after his election for investing in Mexico and has been uncharacteristically vocal in criticizing the administration's finding that imported cars threaten national security. More recently, the Prius maker came under fire from California for siding with the White House in a fight over emissions standards. Lentz, 64, said the decision to retire was his own and part of a … [Read more...] about Toyota names Japanese successor to longest-serving America chief