Truck drivers, retail supervisors among best jobs that don’t require degrees, CareerBuilder finds

Heavy and tractor-trailer truck drivers and first-line supervisors of retail sales workers top CareerBuilder’s list of the most in-demand jobs for 2018 that do not require a college degree.

The list is comprised of occupations where the number of job ads companies post each month outpace the number...

Canadian employers may see employee churn in 2018

Employers across Canada should expect staff churn as business success in 2017 was not matched with permanent hiring or pay raises, according to data from the eighth annual Hays Canada Salary Guide. Survey results found employers appear to instead have an increasing appetite for hiring temporary and contract...

ISM manufacturing index dips in November, employment portion edges down

Economic activity in the manufacturing sector expanded in November but at a slower pace than October, according to the Institute for Supply Management’s purchasing managers index for US manufacturing. November’s index reading was 58.2, down from October’s reading of 58.7.

Any reading above 50% generally...

People: The Delta Companies, MW Partners, ALKU, Staffing 360, Uber

The Delta Companies, one of the largest providers of healthcare staffing in the US, promoted DeLibra Wesley to the newly created position of executive VP of operations. Wesley most recently was the firm’s VP of risk management for almost four years.

MW Partners, a professional staffing resources company...

Automation may require up to 375 million to reskill by 2030, McKinsey report says

Between 75 million and 375 million workers globally will have to switch occupational categories and learn new skills by 2030 because of automation such as AI and robotics, according to a new report from McKinsey Global Institute, a think tank that is part of management consulting firm McKinsey &...

Beige Book: Employment growth, tight labor markets

Employment growth increased in October and mid-November, according to the Federal Reserve’s Beige Book report released Wednesday. The Beige Book, a collection of observations from the 12 federal regional banks, provides a snapshot of current economic conditions. Most districts characterized the employment...

University lists top 10 emerging careers for college grads in the US; interpreters top list

The University of California San Diego Extension Center for Research on the Regional Economy released its annual list of the top 10 emerging careers for college grads in the US. Interpreters and translators topped the list.

The list aimed to identify the top 10 occupations by combining the highest projected...

Minneapolis, Nashville areas post lowest jobless rates among large US metros

The Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington metropolitan area in Minnesota and the Nashville-Davidson-Murfreesboro-Franklin metropolitan area in Tennessee posted the lowest unemployment rates among all large, US metropolitan areas at 2.3% each in October, the US Bureau of Labor Statistics announced today.

The...

Jobless claims average up, but initial claims fall in Thanksgiving week

The US four-week moving average of initial claims for unemployment insurance rose to 242,250 last week, up 2,250 from the previous week’s revised average, according to seasonally adjusted numbers released today by the US Department of Labor.

The previous week's average was revised up by 250.

The four-week...

Texas court upholds ruling for Robert Half in temp case (The SE Texas Record)

The SE Texas Record reported an appeals court upheld Robert Half International Inc.’s (NYSE: RHI) summary judgment in a lawsuit alleging it was negligent in recommending a temp who eventually embezzled $160,000 from the Texas construction company she was placed with by its Accountemps division. Robert...