From CareerBuilder.com:

Job market will “stay the course” in second half of 2010, according to CareerBuilder and USA Today

Hiring in the second half of 2010 is likely to mirror the first half, according to CareerBuilder and USA TODAY’s latest nationwide survey of employers. Forty-one percent of hiring managers plan to hire in the months of July through December. One-in-five plan to hire full-time, permanent employees in the third quarter, similar to the previous two quarters. The survey was conducted by Harris Interactive© from May 18 to June 3, 2010. More t

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Lloyds Banking Group said today that it would axe another 650 jobs and shut a site in Nottingham as part of a raft of changes.

The part-nationalised group also revealed plans to close a 265-strong network of Halifax-branded counters based within firms such as solicitors and estate agencies in a move expected to hit a further swathe of workers, although not directly employed by Lloyds.

Lloyds said it had struck a deal with the Post Office to allow Halifax customers to pay in cash and cheques at the 12,000 PO branches.

Today’s job losses will largely hit insurance and back office based staff in Nottingham and Chester, according to the bank.

NEW YORK (AP) — IPhone users can now insure them against loss or accidents, but Consumer Reports says it isn’t worth it.

The AT&T authorized policy has a $12 monthly fee and a $199 deductible for the latest iPhone model.

Replacing a phone can be costly. Although the iPhone 4 costs $199 or $299 with a two-year contract with AT&T, customers would need to pay the full retail price of $599 or $699 to replace a phone in the middle of the contract.

Repairs aren’t cheap, either. One Apple retailer and repair shop in New York charges $149 to replace a cracked screen and $99 for a broken microphone or charging port.

But an insured owner who loses a phone after one year would have paid $144 in fees on top of the $199 deductible. T

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As Data Scientists we are regularly asked about interesting trends taking place on LinkedIn. One of the biggest trends in the professional space last year was the economic collapse. Reports from numerous sources all tell a similar story — the economic downturn has affected thousands of companies with millions of workers laid off.

At LinkedIn we have a unique view into the ebbs and flows of labor markets and one trend we noticed was there were beneficiaries of these large-scale upheavals.  

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