America’s Job Exchange (AJE) is pleased to announce two important enhancements to our AJE Recruitment Advertising and Compliance solution. These enhancements are already available to you. Job Traffic Results You can now access job traffic results via the AJE Dashboard. The results are available in total or on a month-to-month basis (beginning with January 2012). You can access views and applies for all of AJE’s traffic resources: the AJE website, diversity partners, military partners, state employment agencies, and more. This feature is available to all employers. Continue reading
Monthly Archives: May 2012
Attendees Flock to OFCCP Webinar Hosted by America’s Job Exchange and Fulbright & Jaworski LLP
On Thursday, May 24 more than 450 people attended our webinar “The OFCCP’s New Compliance Developments: What You Need to Do to Get Your Organization Prepared” hosted by America’s Job Exchange (AJE) and co-sponsored by Fulbright & Jaworski, LLP. Continue reading
Meet the America’s Job Exchange Team at the Upcoming SE ILG Conference
The inaugural Southeast Industry Liaison Group (SE ILG) Regional Conference is fast approaching, scheduled to take place June 6-8 at the Omni Hotel in Charlotte, North Carolina. America’s Job Exchange is proud to be a Gold Sponsor for the event, which is very nearly sold out! Continue reading
Guest Commentator Shafeeqa Watkins Giarratani Asks: Are You Prepared for the OFCCP’s New Compliance Developments?
The Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (OFCCP) has had an uptick in aggressive enforcement efforts during the Obama Administration. Since 2009, the OFCCP’s staff has increased by 35% and it has hired and trained almost 200 new compliance officers. It has negotiated more than $25 million in back wages and interest and required more than 4,200 potential job offers to be made to workers alleged to have been victims of discrimination. In short, under the Obama Administration the OFCCP has been busy – very busy. Continue reading
Is Unemployment Down, or Is It a Decline in Labor Participation?
In the month of April 2012, the national unemployment rate dipped to 8.1 percent, continuing a steady decrease through the year, and providing optimism for economists. However, when analyzing economic trends, one must take all factors into account. It is true that the unemployment rate has fallen, but it is possible that much of this is due to a decreasing number of people in the labor force. In conjunction with the fall in unemployment rate during April, the labor force participation rate, which measures how many people are either working or looking for work out of the total population of civilians age 16 and over, dipped to a new 30-year low of 63.6 percent during the month. Continue reading
Improvements in the Unemployment Rate a Catch 22 for the Long-term Unemployed
While job seekers should be pleased with improvements in the unemployment rate, not all have cause for celebration. With revised legislation beginning to impact the Federal extended unemployment benefits program, Americans who remain unemployed long-term and benefited from upwards of 99 weeks of unemployment insurance assistance, are or will be affected. While the program has been extended through the remainder of 2012, with an improving employment rate many long-term unemployed have lost or will loose their benefits. Starting in June benefits will be cut back to 73 weeks in states with the highest unemployment, and 63 weeks for all others. Continue reading
