I’m an independent career coach – at it for 28 years
I’m an independent career coach – at it for 28 years – and here’s what the job market looks kike to me. Job creation and unemployment rate numbers forcefully grab the headlines on the first Friday of each month, when the Bureau of Labor Statistics issues its monthly tally, and then passively fade into yesterday’s news. But that’s what most of today’s news consumers consume.Job market numbers that matter
Labor market stats, though, are more complex and interdependent, so here’s what’s wrong with going for the big stuff only.
To job seekers, numbers like 4.3% and tens of thousands of jobs created or lost are not personally relevant. After all, the only number job seeker needs to consider is one – that one job.
