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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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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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 very heavy downsizing reported in November is more confirmation that the effects of the Sept. 11 attack on the economy have been substantial. In the eight years we have tracked job cuts data, the downsizing for the last three months has been at levels never before seen.
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Even as demand and salaries rise, college students should not be lulled into thinking that the job search will be easy or that jobs will be handed to anyone with a degree.
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People who have been out for a while say, 'I've got to get back to work,' so they take downgraded jobs, ... Maybe they can't get a job as the plant manager, so they try to get a job as a manager on the factory line and work their way back up.
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People see themselves moving (between) too many jobs today, too many companies.
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Even though February job cuts showed a significant decline, there is no reason to think the job market is rebounding, ... The fact that cuts remained above 100,000 is a strong indicator that employers are still focused on contraction.
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Between technology and globalization, a large majority of U.S. white-collar jobs will become obsolete and either eliminated or dramatically altered,
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Consumers watched the stock market fall, heating-fuel prices rise, and to top it all off, employers launched a year-end job cut spree.
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Continued job cutting as a result of a slowing economy and increased outsourcing could prompt a significant decline in job security and a subsequent reduction in consumer spending just as we head into the all-important holiday shopping season,
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We've lost 2.5 million manufacturing jobs since the recession hit,
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Merger/acquisition activity was the second leading cause of job cuts (in January), behind cost-cutting. It will continue to be among the top job-cut reasons this year as an improving economy and increased competition force industry consolidation.