[jsfg_cinti] Re: ARTICLE: Forty Percent of U.S. Employers to Add Jobs in 2007

Dear Mr. Gable,

The report I cited is not "Alice in wonderland"
material.  It is a factual report based on actual data
collected from "2,627 hiring managers and human
resource professionals in private sector companies."  

The facts are the facts.  You may choose not to
believe them, but they are closer to reality than any
single person's view of the situation based on
individual experience and anecdotal evidence.  The
U.S. economy is strong and hiring is up over a couple
of years ago.  That should be good news to anyone
looking for a job today.

In addition wages are increasing.  In fact the
National Average Wage has increased every single year
since 1951 as reported by the U.S. federal government.
 In 1990 the average wage was $21,027.98 while in 2005
(the last year for which data is available) it was
$36,952.94.  You may verify that fact yourself by
visiting this webpage:

National Average Wage Index
http://www.ssa.gov/OACT/COLA/AWI.html

Not only is the National Average Wage increasing but
the National Median Wage is increasing and has
increased every year since at least 1990.  In 1990 the
median wage was $14,498.74 while in 2005 (again the
last year for which data is available) it was
$23,962.20.  You may verify that fact yourself by
visiting this webpage:

Average and Median Amounts of Net Compensation
http://www.ssa.gov/OACT/COLA/central.html

As you may know the median wage is the wage at which
one-half of the workers earn less than the wage and
the other half of the workers earn more than the wage.
 Therefore the median wage is a good measure of the
actual salary situation of the workers of America. 
And the data tallied by the SSA shows the good news
that both the average and the median wage of the U.S.
worker is increasing.  

So you should not have to take a job at half your
previous salary unless you were highly overpaid in
your last job or you have insufficient skills to land
an average job in your particular career field.  You
will hear some politicians say that the wages for
American workers are on the decline but that simply is
not true. 

In addition the number of people employed full-time
(more than 35 hours per week) has increased from
97,252M (M = thousands) in 1992 to 120,965M in 2007. 
And the unemployment rate today (4.6%) is actually
less than the average unemployment rate of the go-go
90's (5.2% for the period of 1993-2000).  You may
verify those facts yourself by visiting the U.S.
Bureau of Labor Statistics webpage here:

Labor Force Statistics from 
the Current Population Survey
http://data.bls.gov/PDQ/outside.jsp?survey=ln

and here:

Unemployment Rate
http://data.bls.gov/PDQ/servlet/SurveyOutputServlet?data_tool=latest_numbers&series_id=LNU04000000&years_option=all_years&periods_option=specific_periods&periods=Annual+Data
or
http://tinyurl.com/3hps2

So, despite what you may have been told by the
politicians, the U.S. economy is strong and it is
improving.  Over the past decade, employment is up,
unemployment is down and wages are up.  And as the
article states, over 40% of U.S. employers plan to add
jobs in 2007.

I sympathize with you if you are unemployed .  I have
been there myself and things can look bleak in that
situation.  But it does no good to be negative. 
Employers do not hire negative thinkers.  So I urge
you to stay positive and view this report for what it
is.  Which is to say, *GOOD NEWS* for job seekers.

Have a great day!

Regards,
Lance Feldman


--- Bill Gable - hotmail <gablewmc@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> 
> Alice in wonderland or half of your previous wage.
> 
> 
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Lance Feldman" <feldman8396@xxxxxxxxx>
> To: "JSFG - ListServ" <jsfg_cinti@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Sunday, February 04, 2007 3:32 PM
> Subject: [jsfg_cinti] ARTICLE: Forty Percent of U.S.
> Employers to Add Jobs in 2007
> 
> > Dear JSFG Folks,
> >
> > Here's some good news.
> >
> > Regards,
> > Lance
> >





 
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