Excerpts from Gilford Securities analyst Ashish R. Thadhani's recent note to clients on Monster Worldwide, Inc. view article »

When Monster reports its first quarter performance Thursday afternoon, the results will speak as much about the state of the U.S. economy as the company's success at controlling expenses and boosting sales. view article »

The latest quarterly job forecast from CareerBuilder.com and USA TODAY points to a continued, gradual downshift in job creation as businesses grapple with the effects of subpar economic growth, escalating oil prices, the credit collapse and timid consumer spending. view article »

Novotus says its survey shows that despite a cooling economy, hiring is hotter than ever. view article »

Stand up from your desk and look over the top of your cubicle. Half the people you see around you will just barely make it to payday.

A survey from CareerBuilder says 47 percent of workers report they always or usually live paycheck to paycheck just to make ends meet, up from 43 percent last year. One-in-five (21 percent) workers with salaries of $100,000 or more report they too live paycheck to paycheck. 

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High salary earners are willing to relocate regionally, nationally and even internationally for work, according to the Executive Job Market Confidence Report recently released by Australian job board, Six Figures International. Get your copy of the report here.

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In a 22 minute interview on Total Picture Radio Sheila Greco shares twenty years’ experience working in the recruiting industry. Based in New York, Sheila Greco Associates has specialized in services and solutions that support the recruiting process for executive search and human resource professionals since 1989.

Regarding the economy Greco said what sets this recession apart from others is “The immediacy of how it happened. Around the end of September, the light switch was turned off. Everything just stopped. Companies shut down, all the layoffs started.” She added, “Companies went out of business the quickest I’ve ever seen, and spending came to a screeching halt as well.”

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The Monster Employment Index edged two points lower in May, as U.S. online recruitment activity eased slightly following a seasonal rise in April. Year-over-year, the Index was down 29 percent, a slight improvement from the previous month, indicating the rate of slowdown in the labor market may have stabilized. view article »

Beyond.com says businesses with fewer than 50 employees accounted for more than half the hiring in Q2 2009.

The finding is part of Beyond's Second Quarter 2009 Career Trend Analysis and Industry Outlook Report, released today.

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According to a new survey by CareerBuilder completed in June, 48 percent of workers who were laid off from full-time jobs in the last three months have found new full-time positions; up from 41 percent in March. An additional three percent found part-time positions; down from 8 percent in the previous survey. The CareerBuilder survey was conducted among 921 workers who were laid off from full-time jobs within the last 12 months. view article »

A CareerBuilder survey has found 61 percent of workers live paycheck to paycheck just to make ends meet, up from 49 percent last year and 43 percent in 2007.

The survey of 4,400 workers found that even among those earning $100k or more, 30 percent say they too live paycheck to paycheck, up from 21 percent in 2008.

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