{"id":2467,"date":"2011-01-04T07:18:00","date_gmt":"2011-01-04T13:18:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/selectmetrix.com\/blogs\/2011\/01\/a-hiring-boom\/"},"modified":"2011-01-04T07:18:00","modified_gmt":"2011-01-04T13:18:00","slug":"a-hiring-boom","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/selectmetrix.com\/blogs\/2011\/01\/a-hiring-boom\/","title":{"rendered":"A Hiring Boom"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Well, it is good to be back at it after a nice Christmas break with the family.&#160; It is even better to come back to read <a href=\"http:\/\/money.cnn.com\/2011\/01\/03\/news\/economy\/jobs_economy_recovery_2011\/index.htm?section=money_news_economy&amp;utm_source=feedburner&amp;utm_medium=feed&amp;utm_campaign=Feed%3A+rss%2Fmoney_news_economy+%28Economy+News%29\" target=\"_blank\">an article like this one<\/a> from CNNMoney.com.&#160; How about this:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>&quot;We&#8217;re looking at some leading indicators on employment, and they&#8217;re all flashing green lights,&quot; said Bernard Baumohl of the Economic Outlook Group, a Princeton, N.J. research firm.<\/p>\n<p>Though most economists still expect a painfully high unemployment rate of about 9% at the end of this year, Baumohl and others think that stat masks more important signs of strength.<\/p>\n<p>Baumohl and some other economists forecast between 2.5 million and 3 million jobs being added to U.S. payrolls in 2011, about triple the gains likely to recorded in 2010 and what would be the best one-year jump since the white hot labor market of 1999.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>I am hopeful that these economists are correct.&#160; If you would like an odd indicator, try this one:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>Baumohl says another non-traditional employment indicator, the number of day-care workers, which has been edging up for four months and is now about 2% higher than a year ago. &quot;People need more day care when they&#8217;ve got jobs to go to,&quot; he said.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Odd, but it seems logical.&#160; The hole we are in is far greater than 3 million jobs as you can read in the article.&#160; This would be a good start, but it is going to take years to recover.&#160; In that light, a \u201chiring boom\u201d may be overstating things.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Well, it is good to be back at it after a nice Christmas break with the family.&#160; It is even better to come back to read an article like this one from CNNMoney.com.&#160; How about this: &quot;We&#8217;re looking at some leading indicators on employment, and they&#8217;re all flashing green lights,&quot; said Bernard Baumohl of the Economic Outlook Group, a Princeton, N.J. research firm. Though most economists still expect a painfully high unemployment rate of about 9% at the end of this year, Baumohl and others think that stat masks more important signs of strength. 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