Articles Tagged 'Jobs'
Job openings hit record high of 7.3 million in December
The number of job openings hit a record high of 7.3 million in December, the Bureau of Labor Statistics reported Tuesday in a sign of the labor market’s strength.
The previous high was set in August. Data goes back to the year 2000.
The private sector drove the new record, with private entities accounting for 6.7 million job vacancies —…
READ MOREUS employers went on a hiring spree in December: 312K jobs
WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. employers dramatically stepped up hiring in December, adding 312,000 jobs in an encouraging display of strength for an economy in the midst of a trade war, slowing global growth and a partial government shutdown.
The Labor Department said Friday that the unemployment rate rose slightly to 3.9 percent, but that reflected a surge in job seekers…
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The Most Important Thing to Remember About America’s Food Stamp Boom
by JORDAN WEISSMANN, The Atlantic
Published on March 31, 2013
The Wall Street Journal is out with a long article today exploring why the number of Americans on food stamps isn’t falling along with the…
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Obama Presses Congress For Billions To Spend On Infrastructure Programs
by CBS DC
Published on March 30, 2013
President Barack Obama was promoting a plan to create jobs by attracting private investment in highways and other public works during a visit Friday to…
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Google boom: Kirkland campus to double
by Brier Dudley, Seattle Times
Published on March 14, 2013
The Seattle area is feeling lucky.
Google announced Tuesday that it’s doubling the size of its campus in Kirkland, creating room to hire 1,000 more…
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The Mainstream Media Is Lying To You About Unemployment
by Michael, The Economic Collapse
Published on March 12, 2013
The mainstream media is absolutely giddy that the U.S. unemployment rate has hit a “four-year low” of 7.7 percent. But is unemployment in the United…
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Rise Of The Droids: Will Robots Eventually Steal All Of Our Jobs?
by Michael Snyder, The Economic Collapse
Published on February 6, 2013
Will a robot take your job? We have entered a period in human history when technology is advancing at an exponential rate.
In some ways,…
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Jobless rate rises to 7.9 percent as economy sends mixed signals
by FOXNews.com
Published on February 2, 2013
The U.S. economy continued to send out mixed signals Friday, with the Labor Department reporting that the unemployment rate rose last month to 7.9 percent…
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