This morning the government reported an increase in the unemployment rate for August, to 6.1 percent from 5.7. This sobering news will make plenty of people want to keep their jobs!
The news release from the Bureau of Labor Statistics said that the economy lost 84,000 jobs last month. Losses continued in manufacturing, construction, and employment services, but the health-care, mining and energy extraction industries saw gains.
Health care continues as the jobs juggernaut, adding 367,000 jobs in the last 12 months, according to BLS
There are lots of ways to making sure you stay employed, besides making sure you do a good job. One of the best is to make sure you gain favor with your boss.
“I’m not talking about a brown-noser, but someone the boss likes and who’s doing a good job,” says Stephen Viscusi, author of Bulletproof Your Job. “Bosses find legal excuses to let go someone they really don’t like, nine times out of 10.”
For more, read “Getting on the Boss’s Good Side.”
