Still, halfway through 2012, there have been a total of 283,091 job cuts, an increase of about 15 percent from last year\u2019s total during the same six-month period, per Challenger Gray & Christmas.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
The job situation is still in shambles and we are seeing it in our business.\u00a0 There are many<\/em> strong candidates out there looking for opportunities that just are not materializing right now.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The economy is in rough shape as most people know.\u00a0 However, I give credit to the Business Journal for attempting to spin a good story out of this hot mess.\u00a0 Here is the headline: Challenger report: June job cuts hit 13-month low Sounds positive and they lead off with this info: Nationally, the country\u2019s employers announced plans to slash 37,551 jobs in June, down 39 percent from May, which marks a 13-month low for planned cuts, according to a new report from human resources consultancy Challenger, Gray & Christmas Inc. 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