Posted by EDI Staffing on February 19, 2025

January’s report reflects a stable but cooling labor market, as job growth slowed slightly compared to last year’s pace.   Here’s a recap of the January employment situation from the recent BLS Employment Situation Summary released on Friday, February 7, 2025:   Unemployment Rate: Decreased to 4.0%   The unemployment rate edged down from 4.1% […]

Posted by EDI Staffing on February 10, 2025

As we continue into 2025, we’re tracking and sharing our job activity by industry, flexibility, state, skills, and department to anticipate workforce needs and better support our clients.   Here’s a quick snapshot of what our team worked on in January:   Industry Last month, our sales and recruiting teams worked on placing candidates in […]

Posted by EDI Staffing on January 21, 2025

With a strong start to the year, we joined ClearlyRated’s webinar, “The Year Ahead in Staffing: From AI to Z.” After two years of industry challenges, experts are forecasting renewed growth in 2025. Growth, for organizations that can successfully navigate uncertainty, changing demographics, and emerging technologies.   Here are two key insights to help anyone […]

Posted by EDI Staffing on January 03, 2025

Starting a new job is exciting, but it comes with its fair share of challenges. One of the most intimidating aspects of a new job is knowing that you’ll need to try to fit into a workplace with an existing culture and already strong relationships.   That’s hard enough in normal circumstances, but what if […]

Posted by EDI Staffing on November 04, 2024

The October job market held its ground against changing conditions thanks to consistent gains in key areas like health care and government employment. Even with disruption from hurricanes and strikes in the manufacturing industry, the labor force displayed resilience.   “The strike at Boeing, one of the nation’s largest employers, accounted for 44,000 of the […]

Posted by EDI Staffing on October 10, 2024

The labor market continued to show resilience in September, with strong job growth across key sectors including food services, health care, government, social assistance, and construction. Despite the effects of the September hurricanes, which made landfall during the survey period, national employment trends remained largely unaffected, and wage growth continued to reflect overall economic stability. […]