Consumer alert!

A Monroe resident was telling a friend that he had applied to 13 different places in the past month and hasn’t heard back from any of them.
It’s not unusual now, especially with a larger pool of unemployed workers from which employers may choose.
So it’s no surprise either that the Society for Human Resource Managements is predicting that hiring in manufacturing and services sectors will drop substantially this month. Its monthly employment report forecasts a 36 percent drop in manufacturing hiring and a 23.5 percent drop in service sector hiring compared to this time last year — the worst drop in the survey’s four-year history.
“The February forecast paints a clear picture of a down economy experiencing layoffs and hiring freezes,” said Jennifer Schramm, SHRM manager of workplace trends and forecasting.

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