(This column originally appeared in The Hill) According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, job openings are now at about 8.5 million, significantly down from the 12.2…
Gene MarksMay 31, 2024
Gene Marks speaks with Frank Fiorille, VP of Risk, Compliance, and Data Analytics from Paychex, to dive into the current trends for hiring, unemployment, and…
Gene MarksApril 19, 2021
(This post originally appeared on The Washington Times) Tom Wolf, the Democratic governor of my home state of Pennsylvania, is (not surprisingly) no fan (more…)
Gene MarksSeptember 2, 2020
(This post originally appeared on The Guardian) About 30 million unemployed Americans are now on tenterhooks waiting to see if the $600-a-week federal (more…)
Gene MarksAugust 9, 2020
(This post originally appeared on The Guardian) It’s not news that the Covid-19 pandemic has had a devastating impact on many small businesses. Millions (more…)
Gene MarksJune 5, 2020
(This post originally appeared on The Guardian) According to the Small Business Administration, more than 1.6m businesses received funding under the (more…)
Gene MarksMay 4, 2020
(This post originally appeared on The Hill) The stock market falls. Millions of people file unemployment claims. There's a historic drop in quarterly GDP. (more…)
Gene MarksApril 1, 2020
(This post originally appeared on The Hill) I was talking to a friend of mine recently who owns a construction company near Nashville, Tenn. Not…
Gene MarksMay 23, 2019
(This post originally appeared on The Guardian) A new survey revealed some interesting things about small businesses and this past year’s tax season. Plus some…
Gene MarksMay 12, 2019