Employment Outlook

The National Association of Colleges and Employers annual survey on the job outlook for Class of ’12 moreover indicates that Dollenga may have plenty of company. More >

The Conference Board of Canada has said in its annual forecast, that Canada’s labour market isn’t expected to return to full employment for another four years. The think tank believe the unemployment rate will not get down to its pre recession levels of 6% until 2016. More >

Two of the Federal Reserve’s top policy makers endorsed the central bank’s view that borrowing costs are likely to stay low through late 2014 as the Fed misses its goal for full employment and inflation remains in check. More >

Hiring by American employers trailed forecasts in March, casting doubt on the vigor of the more than two-year-old economic expansion. The 120,000 increase in payrolls reported by the Labor Department in Washington today was the smallest in five months and less than the most pessimistic estimate in a Bloomberg News survey of economists. More >

About 1,455 Snohomish County residents will lose unemployment benefits on April 21, when those benefits get reduced by 26 weeks. The state’s improving jobless rate means that long-term unemployment benefits, paid through the federal government, are being cut to 73 weeks from 99 weeks, Employment Security Department officials said Tuesday. More >

The federal government Thursday announced it will limit employment insurance premium rate increases to no more than five cents per year, create a link between the EI and Temporary Foreign Worker programs and add engineering technicians to the list of occupations in which foreign qualifications will be assessed within one year. More >