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Global Internships: The New Key to Getting a Job
As if paying for college wasn’t enough, now students are paying to get a high-value internship that will give them an edge in the job market.
US Adds Disappointing 74,000 Jobs in December
Unemployment rate dropped to 6.7 percent due to fewer people looking for work
Survey: December Saw Best Job Growth in a Year
Good sign for private sector hiring
Jobless Rate Falls To 7%, A 5-Year Low
Best since 2008
Unemployment Rate Ticks Up To 7.3 Percent
Effects of government shutdown felt, unemployment ticks up
New and Improved U.S. Labor Rules for Veterans and Disabled
New U.S. Labor Department rules are expected to alter hiring practices for war veterans and handicapped individuals at almost 200,000 federally contracted companies, the Wall Street Journal reports.
The updated regulations now …
What Are the Jobs Figures Really Telling Us?
Has anything really changed in the labor market? That’s the question I’ve been asking myself since last Friday’s jobs figures, the most positive in three and a half years, came out. Unemployment is finally below 8%, and …
Can Robots Bring Manufacturing Jobs Back to the U.S.?
Heading into the 20th century, America was a predominantly rural country. Roughly 40% of the nation’s labor force toiled on farms alongside 22 million work animals. One hundred years later, fewer than 2% of U.S. workers are …
New Public-Private Partnerships: The President’s Stealth Plan To Create Jobs?
As casual reading, the Presidential Memorandum “Accelerating Technology Transfer and Commercialization of Federal Research in Support of High-Growth Businesses,” released Oct. 28, 2011, is about as riveting as the Department of …
Unemployment Rate Ticks Up to 8.3% — But There’s Good News, Too
The unemployment rate rose to 8.3% in July, but it’s probably the most hopeful jobs report in months.
Is High Unemployment Making Us All Sick?
Our persistently high unemployment rate is not only bad for the economy, it’s bad for our bodies and souls as well. Unemployment wears down the unemployed both mentally and physically. But high unemployment also hurts those …