John Challenger
John Challenger
Challenger, Gray & Christmas, with headquarters located in Chicago, Illinois, is the oldest executive outplacement firm in the US. It has offices throughout North America...
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We typically see higher job cuts in January as companies set into motion business plans and employment needs for the new year.
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Businesses give a higher priority to profitability and earnings.
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We see the same thing with job titles. People feel like the company didn't appreciate them or the job they did deserved a higher title, so they change the title.
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Today's CEO is under fire from a number of sectors, ... Not only are shareholders demanding higher and higher returns, directors are far more active and government agencies are increasingly putting them under the microscope.
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The only clear picture we have from the job cut numbers this year is that employers appear to be confused about the direction this economy is taking, ... Companies are experiencing increased business, but they are also seeing their costs soar due to higher fuel prices, inflation in supplier prices and a weaker dollar, which makes it more expensive to buy foreign parts.
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Higher health care and energy costs for employers and employees are definitely taking a toll. Companies are being forced to enact more cost-containment measures to protect profits,
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The cost may end up being much higher since it will now be possible to watch entire games on the Internet.
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With job-cut figures surging, you would expect to see long lines at the unemployment offices and at every location looking to hire,
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With fewer job cuts last month and virtually no let-up of demand for skilled workers across all industries, one would expect far more wage pressure than has been seen,
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With factors like technology, outsourcing and consolidation working against job creation, any job market rebound we see in the near future will be relatively small,
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It would appear, ... that many of the smaller, more independent dot.com firms have been swallowed up by their larger competitors or have fallen into bankruptcy and eventual closure.
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These sectors may continue to see high chief executive turnover in light of what will most likely be categorized as a lackluster holiday shopping season.
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These ... factors are going to keep hiring from taking off in 2004. Job seekers certainly should not expect to see a repeat of the tremendous job expansion of the mid-to-late 1990s.
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The strong economy prompted ambitious yearly plans on the part of many companies, especially those in consumer goods manufacturing, ... In order to meet those goals, as well as to stay competitive in today's global 24-hour economy, several companies in the poll have added or plan to add third shifts, creating the need for even more workers.