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		<title>Despite 500,000 Leaving Employment Market, Job Openings Surge by 300,000</title>
		<link>http://www.collegerecruiter.com/blog/2013/04/09/despite-500000-leaving-employment-market-job-openings-surge-by-300000/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Apr 2013 18:55:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Steven Rothberg</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Last week&#8217;s employment report was quite disappointing as only 88,000 net jobs were created. The unemployment dropped from 7.8 to 7.7 percent, but the reason was that some 500,000 people left the labor force. If you&#8217;re not employed and not looking for employment then you aren&#8217;t counted in the ranks of the unemployed. Some of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Increased Layoffs in Q1 Led by Retail, Government Woes</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 04 Apr 2013 13:58:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Steven Rothberg</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The nation’s employers reported job cuts totaling 49,255 in March, a decline of 11 percent from the 55,356 cuts announced in February, according to the latest report on downsizing activity released Thursday by global outplacement consultancy Challenger, Gray &#38; Christmas, Inc.  Despite the decline, quarterly job cuts reached their highest level since 2011. March job [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Federal Government Budget Woes Lead to Woes in Job Markets</title>
		<link>http://www.collegerecruiter.com/blog/2013/03/07/federal-government-budget-woes-lead-to-woes-in-job-markets/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 07 Mar 2013 13:15:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Steven Rothberg</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Planned job cuts increased for the second consecutive month in February as U.S.-based employers announced workforce reductions totaling 55,356, up 37 percent from 40,430 in January, according to the report released Thursday by global outplacement consultancy Challenger, Gray &#38; Christmas, Inc. The February total was 7.0 percent higher than the 51,728 job cuts announced the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>January Job Cuts 24% Lower Than a Year Ago</title>
		<link>http://www.collegerecruiter.com/blog/2013/01/31/january-job-cuts-24-lower-than-a-year-ago/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 31 Jan 2013 14:13:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Steven Rothberg</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The nation’s employers announced plans to cut payrolls by 40,430 jobs in January, up 24 percent from 32,556 in December, according to the latest report on planned job cuts released Thursday by global outplacement consultancy Challenger, Gray &#38; Christmas, Inc. While January job cuts were up from the previous month, they were 24 percent lower [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Jobs Cuts in 2012 Lower Than Any Year Since 1997</title>
		<link>http://www.collegerecruiter.com/blog/2013/01/22/jobs-cuts-in-2012-lower-than-any-year-since-1997/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 22 Jan 2013 19:03:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Steven Rothberg</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[After three consecutive months of increased layoff activity, the number of planned job cuts announced in December plunged to 32,556, the second lowest monthly total of 2012. Overall, employers announced 523,362 job cuts in 2012; the fewest since 1997, when job cuts totaled 434,350. Source: Global outplacement consultancy Challenger, Gray &#38; Christmas, Inc.]]></description>
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		<title>1.9 Million Net New Jobs Created in 2012</title>
		<link>http://www.collegerecruiter.com/blog/2013/01/10/1-9-million-net-new-jobs-created-in-2012/</link>
		<comments>http://www.collegerecruiter.com/blog/2013/01/10/1-9-million-net-new-jobs-created-in-2012/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 10 Jan 2013 16:02:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Steven Rothberg</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[There were 3.7 million job openings on the last business day of November, unchanged from October, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. The hires rate (3.2 percent) and separations rate (3.1 percent) also were unchanged in November. This release includes estimates of the number and rate of job openings, hires, and separations for [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Private Sector Employment Increased Whopping 215,000 in December</title>
		<link>http://www.collegerecruiter.com/blog/2013/01/03/private-sector-employment-increased-whopping-215000-in-december/</link>
		<comments>http://www.collegerecruiter.com/blog/2013/01/03/private-sector-employment-increased-whopping-215000-in-december/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 03 Jan 2013 16:09:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Steven Rothberg</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Private sector employment increased by 215,000 jobs from November to December, according to the December ADP National Employment Report®, which is produced by Automatic Data Processing, Inc. (ADP®), a leading provider of human capital management solutions, in collaboration with Moody’s Analytics. The report, which is derived from ADP’s actual payroll data, measures the change in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Layoffs Down 19% From 2011 and Lowest Since 1997</title>
		<link>http://www.collegerecruiter.com/blog/2012/10/04/layoffs-down-19-from-2011-and-lowest-since-1997/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 04 Oct 2012 13:21:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Steven Rothberg</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Downsizing activity remained relatively flat in September as US-based employers announced plans to cut 33,816 jobs from their payrolls during the month.  That was up 4.9 percent from a 20-month low of 32,239 job cuts in August, according to the latest report released Thursday by global outplacement firm Challenger, Gray &#38; Christmas, Inc. Last month’s [...]]]></description>
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		<title>1.8 million more people working in July 2012 than July 2011</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 11 Sep 2012 15:01:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Steven Rothberg</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[There were 3.7 million job openings on the last business day of July, little changed from June, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. The hires rate (3.2 percent) and separations rate (3.0 percent) were also little changed in July. This release includes estimates of the number and rate of job openings, hires, and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>45% Fewer Layoffs in July 2012 Than July 2011</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Aug 2012 14:18:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Steven Rothberg</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Planned layoffs declined for the second consecutive month in July, as employers announced job cuts totaling 36,855, down 2.0 percent from 37,551 in June, according to the latest job cuts report released Thursday by global outplacement consultancy Challenger, Gray &#38; Christmas, Inc. Job cuts last month were down 45 percent from a year ago, when [...]]]></description>
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