The Medicus Firm News Release (01/04/16)

M3 USA, a global provider of health care solutions for hospitals, health systems, and physicians, has acquired the Medicus Firm, a national physician search firm with offices in Atlanta and Dallas. The terms of the acquisition were not disclosed.

Conference Board News Release (01/06/16)

Online advertised vacancies decreased 276,800 to 5.4 million in December, according to the Conference Board Help Wanted OnLine Data Series. The November supply and demand rate stands at 1.40 unemployed for each advertised vacancy with a total of 2.3 million more unemployed workers than the number of advertised vacancies. The number of unemployed was around 7.9 million in November.

“Labor demand in 2015 continued at the same slow steady pace of 2014, averaging about a 24,000 monthly increase,” says Gad Levanon, managing director of macroeconomic and labor market research at the Conference Board. “While labor demand growth has been somewhat slow over the past two years, the monthly employer demand levels have remained consistently high, providing a strong basis for a healthy labor market.”

ADP News Release (01/06/15)

Private sector employment increased by 257,000 jobs from November to December, according to Automatic Data Processing. Goods-producing employment rose by 23,000 jobs in December, well up from a downwardly revised negative 2,000 in November. The construction industry added 24,000 jobs, which was roughly in line with the 21,000 average monthly jobs gained for the year. Meanwhile, manufacturing stayed in positive territory for the second consecutive month, adding 2,000 jobs. Service-providing employment rose by 234,000 jobs in December, up from an upwardly revised 213,000 in November.

“Strong job growth shows no signs of abating,” says Mark Zandi, chief economist of Moody’s Analytics. “The only industry shedding jobs is energy. If this pace of job growth is sustained, which seems likely, the economy will be back to full employment by mid-year. This is a significant achievement, given that the last time the economy was at full employment was nearly a decade ago.”