May 19th Consultant Happy Hour

Another successful consultant happy hour! Thanks to all of those who braved the rain and came out to join us last Thursday. Despite the dreary weather, Comrise took over part of KatManDu in Trenton, a bar even more beautiful and welcoming than its reputation! For three hours (well, officially anyways, some of us may have stayed well into the night) we had food, drinks, and a generally merry time!

Kudos again to Director of Consultant Relations Tony DiGiovanni for organizing the event, and for personally calling up every consultant in a 35-mile radius urging them to come join us. Now that's dedication!


We're looking forward to keeping the momentum up and having an even better summer event! Stay tuned!

Jobs are Up!

Good news, everyone!

If you haven't been keeping up, this morning was the announcement of the monthly national unemployment figures for April. Analysts expected the number to remain about the same as March, or even decrease slightly (as March had seen an unexpectedly large rise). And, indeed, as predicted, due to overall growth in the labor market with new graduates (it is May, after all) and other people returning to the labor market, the unemployment rate is now back to 9% from 8.8%.

This isn't quite so bad, though. Overall, the economy added 244,000 new jobs last month, far above the 185,000 that were forecast by most analysts. This makes April the third straight month of solid job growth, and makes us well on our way to overall recovery. Keep it up, economy!

And speaking of May and new graduates, there's good news for college grads as well. According to the National Association of Colleges and Employers, 2011 graduates are 4% more likely to already have an offer in hand than their 2010 counterparts. 42% of 2011 seniors who participated in the NACE survey reported having an offer, over 38% last year. You can read more about this year's survey here. Keep it up, employers!

If this isn't good news, I don't know what is!