Visual.ly’s infographic on web designers predicts that by the year 2018, the employment for these positions will have grown by 7-13 percent. This will likely follow the trend of their employment from 2005 to 2010...
Archive - January 2012
American Jobs and Where They Are Going
Unemployment, the blame game and outsourcing is all covered by this infographic from Visual.ly highlighting where the job market is and where it needs to be in order to have a full recovery. It also gives good insight...
Young Adults and the Job Market
It’s no secret, the job market has changed drastically over the past few years. Whereas before, workers would stay with the same company for years building their career and honing in on a specific skill, now they...
The Spring Yields Home Improvement Jobs
If you are a perpetual temporary worker and consider Home Depot to be your second home, then Spring may be your season to shine. The fix-it-yourself home improvement giant will be hiring 70,000 workers to prepare for...
Obama Believes We Can Have Both Clean Environment and Jobs
Obama has spoken up and addressed the debate over whether environmental restrictions help or deter jobs creation and the economy. Spark News has covered this topic a lot lately and to hear President Obama publicly...
Young Veterans and the Job Market
Young adults across the board can’t seem to catch a break in this job market, recovery or no recovery. It seems however that young veterans are struggling to find jobs even more than young civilians, and their...
Green Jobs and Where to Get Them
The jury is still out on whether or not going green and enforcing environmental regulations truly creates or hurts jobs. Many argue that the extreme regulations put large strains on businesses and forces them to spend...
Multitasking… Friend or Foe?
Going to work today is a lot like walking into a Best Buy. Corporate offices are beeping, streaming and channeling organisms surviving under the all-providing wealth of data known as, “The Cloud.” This...
Market Finally Picks Up For Women
Remember the term ‘mancession’? If you’re a man, you’re likely thanking your lucky stars it’s mostly over. If you’re a woman though, you’re likely thinking, “I’m...
U.S. Manufacturing On The Upside Last Two Years
The country’s heavy reliance on imported goods, specifically from China, has people thinking we aren’t making a whole lot of our own goods anymore. However, the Labor Department just released...