According to the Employment Situation Summary, the US labor market added 187,000 jobs in August. Economists predicted a lukewarm report similar to last month’s, keeping job gains steady and finally showing signs of cooling. The adjusted job gain in July was 157,000, down 30,000 from th ...

As the labor market continues to cool, job candidates will have fewer options and less leverage as employers are better positioned to dictate job offer conditions. Additionally, those who are either not content with their job or uncertain about their continued employment have been left with even less bargaining power. Don’t let this discourage ...

The Consumer Price Index Summary was released this morning by the Bureau of Labor Statistics and showed an overall price increase of .2 percent to 3.2% in July, up from 3.0% in June.  The core CPI, which is a measure of the price index without mor ...

In the modern era of the legal industry, the written skills test (often referred to as a performance test) has ingrained itself as a staple of legal recruitment, offering firms another opportunity to make sure candidates have the certain types of knowledge required to succeed at their firm. There are many reasons for the increase in popularity o ...

The US Labor Market added 209,000 jobs last month according to the Employment Situation Summary released this morning by the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Unemployment remained mostly the same at 3.6%.  Stocks plummeted after Thursday’s

The bar exam serves as the proverbial last hurdle for any young scholar looking to become an attorney. After countless years of law school and late nights studying, you finally finished the bar exam and are ready to banish your studying materials and textbooks away for good as you try to regain some sanity while you wait for the results. While p ...

The US labor market added 339,000 jobs last month, according to data released this morning from The Bureau of Labor Statistics' Employment Situation for May. Unemployment ticked up slightly from 3.4% to 3.7% but remains hovering near the half-ce ...

According to this mornings’ Employment Situation Summary, released by the Bureau of Labor Statistics, the labor market added 253,000 jobs in April. This is a major increase from March’s revised addition of 165,000. The labor market remains h ...

Valiant Search, a nationwide executive search firm serving attorneys and legal support staff, is very pleased to announce that Tiarnan Barrett has joined the firm as Chief Operating Officer. In this role, Barrett will manage all day-to-day operations, oversight, budgeting, marketing, and performance management of the Valiant Search recruiting te ...

The opportunity to ask questions at the end of an interview is a chance you don’t want to waste. When you reach this part of the interview, you may be ready to stop and catch your breath after trying to impress the person(s) who will decide whether your job search will end or not, but it’s important to not be caught off guard. While an inter ...