The Sad Truth about Our “Record-Low” Unemployment Rate

Employment trends expert offers an enlightening viewpoint of our national employment rate 

Unemployment

When The White House released January’s jobs report, many people were excited to see that the unemployment rate was being touted as the lowest since May 1969. But employment trends expert Rob Wilson says that the numbers fail to tell the whole story.

“The official unemployment rate for January was 3.4 percent, but I would estimate that the unemployment rate is actually triple that,” says Wilson, President of Employco USA, an employment solutions firm with locations across the country.

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Podcast: Leadership w/Special Guest J.J. Cummings

On this month’s HR podcast Rob, Scott, and Jason are joined by retired Navy Captain J.J. Cummings (Leadership Consultant). J.J. shares a number of leadership insights from his experience as a Naval advisor for the film Top Gun: Maverick to being the Commanding Officer of the USS Gerald R. Ford – the largest ship in the Navy fleet.

They touch on how to approach different generations entering the workforce, the importance of onboarding and setting a positive tone from day one, explaining the “why”, the significance of LBWA (“Lead by Walking Around”), showing your employees you care, keeping an open door, making time, handwritten notes, employee engagement and feedback, anonymous surveys, implementing changes, and more!

“Don’t tell them you care. SHOW them you care.” -J.J. Cummings

Podcast: Leadership w/Special Guest J.J. Cummings

Contact us with any questions you may have, we’re here to help: hr@employco.com

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Employco Human Resources Overview

At Employco, we provide customized solutions to businesses across the entire country.

In this video, Jason Eisenhut (Vice President of Human Resources) gives us an overview of Employco’s strategic HR operations. “In today’s employment climate across the country, you have ever-changing employment laws in a variety of states. How does a small to medium-sized company keep up with that?”

For more information feel free to reach out to us directly, we’d love to be a resource for your business.

Podcast: Reviewing 2022’s Top HR Issues and Looking Ahead in 2023

On our first HR podcast for the new year Rob, Scott, and Jason cover some of the top HR issues from 2022 and look ahead in 2023. They discuss the vaccine mandate, supreme court rulings, no proposed overtime rule, large company layoffs, quiet quitting, Dobbs (Roe v. Wade) ruling effects, and hiring problems. They also look ahead for 2023 and predict more layoffs, interest rates continuing to rise, minimum wage changes, getting employees back to the office, company handbook updates, and more!

Podcast: Reviewing 2022’s Top HR Issues and Looking Ahead in 2023

Contact us with any questions you may have, we’re here to help: hr@employco.com

Podcast: Leadership Development and 2023 Outlook w/Scott Robinson

On this month’s HR podcast Rob, Scott, and Jason are joined by special guest Scott Robinson (Managing Director of Robinson Resource Group and Founder of SearchWorks, LLC) to discuss leadership development and their outlook for 2023. They touch on executive coaching, developing high-performance leaders, finding the “blind spots,” focusing on company culture, skills and trends to watch for in 2023, a look into the crystal ball for next year, new workforce priorities, focusing on your employees, better retention, succession and development planning, and more! They also take a quick look at company holiday parties, from the do’s and don’ts to team building and safety.

Happy holidays, we’ll talk to you next year!

Podcast: Leadership Development and 2023 Outlook w/Scott Robinson

Contact us with any questions you may have, we’re here to help: hr@employco.com