As the economy continues to rebound, albeit more slowly than we’d all prefer, the leisure, food service and hospitality industries are more than pulling their weight. According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS), the leisure and hospitality industry adding 174,000 jobs total in August, of which restaurants and bars accounted for 133,600 of them…
Read More »It’s official, with October job growth numbers, US employers have added jobs to their payrolls for 109 months straight – the longest stretch of job creation the government began collecting those records in 1939! On average this year, employers have added 167,000 jobs per month! It should be no surprise then that small business optimism…
Read More »On the very subject of job creation and economic news, don’t forget that the President and CEO of the Job Creators Network, Alfredo Ortiz, will be headlining the DDIFO National Conference at the end of this month. Alfredo Ortiz will give the opening keynote address, entitled Making a Difference in Washington – How Small Business…
Read More »There are strong arguments that current minimum wages are insufficient for workers to purchase basic necessities, but there is an equally strong argument that supply and demand for good workers will force companies to increase their wage scales without the government sticking its nose in. A perfect case in point was made last week when…
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