Jobs Report? Just ask a Recruiter

In today's blog zone part of stl.today.com, David Nicklaus writes Watch for bias in jobs stores.  David references statistics that say there is a bias toward types of reporting by the national media.  Specifically, the unemployment numbers. 

Granted, the IT recruiting/staffing industry it doesn't directly tie in line with reports I've noticed, but I do think there is correlation to the money IT departments are spending and the health of a company.   Other then required upgrades like Y2K and HIPPA, companies spend more new software and hardware when times are good.  There is a ripple effect that translates into more staffing needs, which makes our phones ring with new job requirements.

If reporters really wanted a better gauge of the health of our economy, they should go directly to a recruiter.  That would probably include the health of a individual company or segment of an industry too.