February Unemployment Rate Holds Steady – Or Does It?

Posted on 11. Mar, 2010 by Matt Shelly.

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Although not designed to happen this way, the release of the February employment statistics has coincided neatly with the end of my little mini-series explaining what the key figures mean. So, how did the job market fare during last month?

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Job Loss Statistics And Why The Numbers Look So Small

Posted on 10. Mar, 2010 by Matt Shelly.

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Having looked, over the course of my last few posts, at the two key unemployment statistics and the adjustments made for seasonality, the final area of the government’s employment data that I want to address is job losses.

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Seasonal Adjustments In Unemployment Data

Posted on 09. Mar, 2010 by Matt Shelly.

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I have been talking over the past couple of days about the bewildering array of employment statistics which are produced by the government every month and how to make sense of what they actually mean. As I mentioned at the end of yesterday’s post, alongside the U3 and U6 unemployment figures (which paint an entirely different picture of the situation), another variation that you will see is between the ‘seasonally adjusted’ and ‘not seasonally adjusted’ figures. So, what do these terminologies mean?

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U6 – The ‘Other’ Unemployment Figure

Posted on 08. Mar, 2010 by Matt Shelly.

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Last Friday’s post looked at the ‘official’ unemployment rate (the U3 figure) and how it is calculated, but is this really a true reflection of the state of the country’s employment situation? Let’s take a look at the ‘other’ figure, the U6 figure which you will sometimes see quoted, and you can decide for yourself which you think is the more accurate…

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Lies, Damned Lies, And Statistics – What Does The ‘Official’ Unemployment Rate Really Mean?

Posted on 05. Mar, 2010 by Matt Shelly.

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Take a look on Wikipedia and the definition of the title phrase goes like this:

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The Amiable Style

Posted on 04. Mar, 2010 by Matt Shelly.

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In my last few posts I have been talking about people styles and today it is the turn of the Amiable style. As the name suggests, these are the real ‘friendlies’ in the bunch; they are warm and sensitive, easy-going and dependable. Unlike the Drivers and the Expressives, they tend not to be very ambitious or driven people, but their personalities do often mean that they sit well in roles such as counseling.

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The Driver Style

Posted on 03. Mar, 2010 by Matt Shelly.

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After looking at the second of the four people styles, the Expressive style, we then compared the behavior of an Expressive interviewer and an Analytical job candidate to show the potential for an almighty personality clash in the interview room. We then went on to describe how, by adapting his behavior so that it better mirrors that of the interviewer, the job candidate can create a better bond and sense of empathy with the recruiter.

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The Expressive Style

Posted on 26. Feb, 2010 by Matt Shelly.

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As I described a couple of days ago, this series of posts is looking at the characteristics of the four main people styles and at how, by being able to identify the style of an interviewer and mirror it, we can create a much closer rapport and make him feel that we are the best fit for the company.

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