U.S. Economy: Sales Rise More Than Forecast, Driving Recovery

  Nov. 15 (Bloomberg) — Retail sales rose more than projected in October as American shoppers gave the economy a boost at the start of the fourth quarter. The 0.5 percent gain, helped by the biggest jump in electronics purchases in two years, followed a 1.1 percent increase for September, Commerce Department figures showed today [...]

GLOBAL MARKETS-Oil, stocks jump on strong manufacturing data

* Stocks rally globally on better-than-expected U.S. data * Oil nears $74 a barrel as U.S. manufacturing data shines * Government debt prices fall on signs of global growth * China data also revives appetite for riskier assets (Updates with close of European markets) By Herbert Lash NEW YORK, Sept 1 (Reuters) – A manufacturing [...]

U.S. job availability jumps sharply vs. year ago: Monster

(Reuters) – A monthly gauge of online labor demand in the United States rose in June and is nearly 21 percent above the reading from a year ago, its highest growth rate in 45 months, a private research group said on Thursday. Monster Worldwide Inc (MWW.N), an online careers and recruiting firm, said its employment [...]

Top 4 Strategic Interviewing Styles

There are four key interview styles that can be leveraged to obtain valid answers and insights about your potential candidates. Learn these techniques and use them to reveal the true strengths, weaknesses and personalities of your candidates. Interviews are the most important piece of the hiring process. Poorly executed interviews can drive away good candidates [...]

Filling the Down Time, With No Downsizing

by Hannah Seligson FROM November 2008 to last January, Paige Arnof-Fenn did not close a single deal at her strategic marketing firm in Cambridge, Mass. Nevertheless, she did not lay off any of her 45 contractors or institute a furlough policy. Instead, she started a “listening tour,” filling her schedule with coffee, lunch, dinner and [...]