CHICAGO, Sept. 12 (UPI) -- There have been 960 U.S. chief executive officer changes announced through August of this year, an outplacement firm reported Tuesday. Challenger, Gray & Christmas Inc., a Chicago-based consulting firm, said the eight-month total is 7.5 percent higher tha

CHICAGO, Sept. 5 (UPI) -- Job cuts announced in August by U.S. employers surged 76 percent to 65,278 from a six-year low of 37,178 in July.

CHICAGO, July 19 (UPI) -- An outplacement consultancy says U.S. employers appear to be pulling back on expansion plans in the second quarter.

CHICAGO, June 26 (UPI) -- Merger activity, such as U.S. investors have experienced recently, raises the prospect of layoffs, a Chicago outplacement consulting firm said Monday.

CHICAGO, June 13 (UPI) -- Social networking Web sites like MySpace, Friendster and Facebook could revolutionize job searching for young U.S. workers.

CHICAGO, June 6 (UPI) -- A sizzling market for chief executives is helping push turnover at the top of the U.S. corporate ladder to new heights.

CHICAGO, May 25 (UPI) -- U.S. workers are more in need of vacations than ever before, a Chicago outplacement consult said Thursday.

CHICAGO, April 27 (UPI) -- Prospects for a national demonstration on illegal alien rights has U.S. employers bracing for a big productivity drop.

CHICAGO, April 18 (UPI) -- Two surveys show that the U.S. labor market is tightening and that employers may soon experience a serious shortage of skilled workers.