Retail Labor Index – June 2011
Thursday, 06. 9. 2011 – Category: All Blog Posts
According to Chris Varvares, senior managing director and co-founder, Macroeconomic Advisers, “the Kronos Retail Labor Index was nearly unchanged in May at 3.5 percent and has remained between 3 percent and 4 percent for ten of the last eleven months. This range characterizes a relatively good hiring environment, with nearly 30 [...]
February Retail Labor Index
Monday, 02. 7. 2011 – Category: All Blog Posts
Today’s guest blog post is courtesy of Dr. Robert Yerex, Chief Economist at Kronos. You can find more information on the Kronos Retail Labor Index and details about the most recent results here. You can listen to a podcast conversation with Robert on “the new normal” here.
The New Normal, with High Unemployment
The past year saw [...]
Consumer Driven Economy at a Cross Roads
Tuesday, 01. 4. 2011 – Category: All Blog Posts, Podcast
Dr. Robert Yerex, Chief Economist at Kronos, was recently recognized by the National Association for Business Economics for his paper “Consumer Driven Economy at a Cross Roads”. Robert’s research leverages the Kronos Retail Labor Index, a family of metrics and indices that analyze the relationship between the demand and supply sides of the labor market [...]
August 2010 Retail Labor Index
Monday, 08. 9. 2010 – Category: All Blog Posts
Kronos released the newest Retail Labor Index data today. Following is a summary analysis from Dr. Robert Yerex, Chief Economist at Kronos.
The Kronos Retail Labor Index was up slightly for the month of July, to a level of 3.63. This means that out of 10,000 applicants, 363 are being hired. Both hirings and applications were [...]
July Retail Labor Index
Tuesday, 07. 13. 2010 – Category: All Blog Posts
Dr. Robert Yerex of the Kronos Staffing Science Team provides the following context for this month’s Retail Labor Index report:
Retail employers increased the number of hires they made in June to a level that was more than 30% higher than in June of 2009. Unfortunately for those seeking a position, the number of applicants also [...]
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