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Friday, March 23, 2012

Employment

News                                                                                                                             
WSJ | T-Mobile Cuts Jobs, Closes Call Centers
T-Mobile USA, reeling from an exodus of customers and the failure of its planned sale to AT&T Inc. last year, will cut 5% of its work force and close seven call centers as part of a broader restructuring that will stretch for the next three months.

Econ Comments & Analysis                                                                                            
NBER | Recruiting Intensity during and after the Great Recession: National and Industry Evidence
We measure job-filling rates and recruiting intensity per vacancy at the national and industry levels from January 2001 to September 2011 using data from the Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey.
Washington Times | Job creators brace for Obamacare impact
his week, the Oversight and Government Reform Committee issued a report, “Impact of President Obama’s Health Care Law on Jobs,” detailing the negative impact that President Obama’s health care law has already had and will continue to have on job creation.