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The National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), the primary federal entity for collecting, analyzing, and reporting data related to education in the United States, recently released their 2010 Condition of Education Report. This annual report is designed to provide data for monitoring the progress of education in our country. [More]

By: Mark McMurray, Director of Business Development at Monster Government Solutions

Although the economy has showed signs of improvement, hiring remains down and the unemployment rate in many regions remains high. While it seems counterintuitive, there are many reasons why companies would be hesitant to hold off on hiring despite increasing revenues. [More]

By: Jodi Sager, National Account Manager at Monster Public Sector & Education

Located just inland from Los Angeles in Southern California, Riverside County was experiencing incredible population and economic growth as people moved to Temecula and Murrieta from Los Angeles for the county’s less expensive real estate. [More]

If you’ve ever driven down Route 64 in Hampton, VA, or on Route 35 through Monmouth County, NJ, you’ve probably seen the chain-link fences that seem to stretch to infinity and the guarded gates that signal the presence of a military base. Many people are clueless as to what exactly occurs on these bases, or the impact that they have on a community, but there are benefits that come with having a military base in your town, and unfortunate problems that arise when that base leaves. [More]

In our recent post series we discussed the high-performance workforce. We explained the concept for creating a pipeline of skilled employees for the jobs that exist in your region and for bringing new businesses and jobs into your region. We also discussed how to connect these qualified individuals with the position that was a good fit for their skills and abilities (Empowering the High Performance Workforce, Get Informed, Get Educated and Get Employed). [More]

For the past year or so, the economic news has been pretty dire all across the country. While we are just starting to see signs of improvement, for state and local governments this is no time to relax and celebrate.

As the economy improves, opportunities to attract new businesses and jobs will begin to present themselves, but only to the regions that have taken the time and made the investment to improve and prepare their workforce. [More]

With the effects of the recession keeping the unemployment rate high, there’s a lot of competition for the jobs that are currently available.

In this kind of environment, seekers need a leg up and to stand out to help them get hired. This is why Monster offers Power Job Seeker Workshops and other programs to help get job seekers back to work faster with better jobs, helping to rebuild the American Workforce. [More]

The federal government budgeted $62.6 billion in regular discretionary appropriations and $96.8 billion in discretionary funding for the Education Department for fiscal year 2009. That is a significant amount of taxpayer dollars to educate children, but still only a small fraction of the total spent when you consider that state and local governments are the ones truly on the hook for the financing and execution of the education of their young residents. [More]

In my previous post, I dove deeper into the concept of the high-performance workforce that Andy introduced on Unleash the Monster a few weeks ago.

My focus was on real-time labor intelligence to help measure and better understand your region’s workforce, and using this intelligence to fine-tune your workforce so that it has the skills, knowledge and abilities to fill the jobs available today and the jobs of the future. [More]

In our previous posts we’ve introduced the concept of the high-performance workforce and the steps states and regions need to take to get their workforce prepared to meet new employment demands. Specifically, we’ve discussed how real-time labor intelligence can help to diagnose deficits and surpluses in the skills of a workforce and the steps that can be taken to address these imbalances. [More]