Employment

Recession Watch Begins

HuffingtonPost.com | Mark Gongloff | Posted 06.01.2012

Read More: Global Recession, Video, Unemployment, Economics, Double-Dip Recession, Economy, Jobs Report May 2012, Employment, Recession Fears, Jobs Report, Jobs, Recession, Business News

Get ready: The ugly May jobs report will revive talk of another recession. Don't believe it. Yet. The "R" word got dropped all over Twitter within ...

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7 Reasons The Jobs Report Might Be Lousy Again

HuffingtonPost.com | Mark Gongloff | Posted 05.31.2012

Read More: Video, Unemployment, Economics, Economy, Jobs Report May 2012, Employment, Jobs Report, Economic Data, Jobs, Unemployment Report, Employment Report, Business News

It's almost that time again, America: We're less than 24 hours away from the latest jobs report, which could help decide the 2012 presidential electio...

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Israeli Startup Helping Americans Find Jobs

Anav Silverman | Posted 05.31.2012

Read More: Social Media, Jobs, Startups, Israel, Employment, Unemployment, Job Search, Job Search Tips, Technology News

Utilizing social networking as its base, Jobsminer.com is the only job search engine that aggregates jobs in real time from social networks including Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, Google Plus and more.

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You Say Marriage, I Say Jobs

Jessica Arevalo | Posted 05.30.2012

Read More: Lgbt, Same Sex Marriage, Marriage Equality, Lgbtq, Marriage, Unemployment, Economy, Employment, Latino Voices News

Marriage equality is important, but I challenge the LGBTQ community to work together to prioritize legislation that encompasses a wider range of our community. Not everyone wants to get married. But everyone needs a job.

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ExxonMobil Shareholder Pushes Expanded Protections For LGBT Workers

HuffingtonPost.com | Lila Shapiro | Posted 05.25.2012

Read More: LGBT Rights, Lgbt-Employment-Discrimination, Gay Rights, Workplace Discrimination, Employment Discrimination, Employment, Gay Voices News

Corporate America has taken bold strides over the past decade, with many companies expanding protections for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender em...

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National Small Business Week: Main Street Means Business

Fred R. Becker, Jr. | Posted 05.22.2012

Read More: Credit Unions, Congress, Small Business Lending, Jobs, Financial Reform, Small Business, Employment, Small Business Week, Small Business News

Even as recent headlines detail yet one more investment debacle at a behemoth Wall Street bank, small businesses and credit unions continue to carry the water for America's communities and ultimately, our entire nation's economic well-being.

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Maker Lab Teaches Rockets, Circuits, and Soldering

Youth Radio -- Youth Media International | Posted 05.24.2012

Read More: McClymonds High, Science and Technology, Youth Employment, Jobs, Employment, Technology, Diy, Speakers, Make, Rockets, Paper Rockets, Video, Nop, Science, New Options Project, New Options, High School News

Originally published on Youthradio.org, the premier source for youth generated news throughout the globe. By: Youth Radio Bicycle pump-powered rock...

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Doonesbury on Job Creation

Andrew Tobias | Posted 05.19.2012

Read More: Job Creators, Job Creation, Employment, Mitt Romney Satire, Doonesbury, Politcal Satire, Satire, Doonesbury Jobs Cartoon, Politcal Humor, Politcal Comedy, Political-Humor, Doonesbury Cartoons, Comedy News

As noted in Friday's wonderful Doonesbury, job creators are very sensitive people. Circumstances have to be just right for them to unleash their magic powers.

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Planning To Leave Your Job? Here Are The Do's And Don'ts

Business First of Louisville | ED GREEN | Posted 05.15.2012

Read More: Transition, Changing Jobs, Unemployment, Employment, Career Advice, Quitting Your Job, Quitting, Professional Etiquette, Professional Advice, Job Transition, Tips for Changing Jobs, Advice, Career Change, Money News

If you are among the growing number of Americans looking for a new job, you might want to consider some advice before cutting ties with your current e...

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Manufacturing Jobs

Jerry Jasinowski | Posted 05.15.2012

Read More: Manufacturing, Unemployment, Unemployment Rate, Employment, American Manufacturing, Manufacturing Jobs, Business News

We can make a major dent in the jobless rate by providing unemployed workers with the skills they need to fill an estimated 600,000 vacancies in manufacturing today -- a number that continues to grow.

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Tattoo Removal Program Gives Young People New Start

Youth Radio -- Youth Media International | Posted 05.10.2012

Read More: Young People, Gang, Jobs, Tattoo, Employment, Tattoos, Project New Start, Video, Culture News

Photo Credit: JENNY BOLARIO/Youth Radio Lawrence, 27, gets a tattoo removed from the back of his neck. By: Jenny Bolario and Teresa Chin For many ...

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This Is America's 'Blind Spot'

Reuters | Posted 05.10.2012

Read More: Video, Michelin, Toyota, L'Oreal, Reuters, Employment, Organization for International Investment, Bmw, Manufacturing, Foreign Investment, PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, US Tax Code, Dhl, Business News

* Each job at a foreign firm's U.S. unit supports 3 others * Manufacturing employment leads other sectors * U.S. slice o...

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Innovation Is Needed to Match Workers With Jobs

Jim Gibbons | Posted 05.08.2012

Read More: Career, Unemployment, U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Cintas, Employment, Jobs, Monster.com, Goodwill, Goodwill Industries International, Unemployment Rate, Virtual Career Fair, Impact News

With 12.5 million people out of work and 3.5 million jobs open, we should certainly be doing everything possible to help employers and workers. Fortunately, there are plenty of innovators out there coming up with new ways to help.

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European Elections Complicate Outlook

Mohamed A. El-Erian | Posted 05.07.2012

Read More: French Elections, Mohamed El-Erian, Market Outlook, Global Economy, Unemployment, Politics and Government, Employment, Bailouts, Investment Strategy, Federal Reserve, European Union, Europe, European Central Bank, Euro, Austerity, Business News

Europe's election results sound an alarm for European integration and, consequently, the wellbeing of both the region and the global economy. Let us hope that the inevitable short-term volatility is a precursor to a more decisive effort to deal with the continent's festering problems.

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Future Project: Spreading Passion-Driven Learning

Tom Vander Ark | Posted 05.06.2012

Read More: Passion Driven Learning, The Future Project, Education Reform, Employment, Impact News

The biggest problem in American secondary schools may be boredom. What American youth need more then anything is opportunity to discover their passion...

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Biden On What Wealthy Americans Need Like 'Another Hole In Their Head'

AP | By MARK S. SMITH | Posted 05.06.2012

Read More: Obama Biden 2012, Video, Obama Employment, Mitt Romney 2012, Employment, Deregulation, Mitt Romney, Tax Cuts, Elections 2012, Joe Biden, Obama 2012, Politics News

WASHINGTON -- Vice President Joe Biden says the latest job numbers show an economy still struggling to recover, but not one where hiring suddenly has ...

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Disabled Workers Shrink Labor Force

The Huffington Post | Mark Gongloff | Posted 05.08.2012

Read More: Video, Labor Force, Unemployment, Social Security, Economics, Social Security Disability, Unemployment Rate, Employment, Unemployment Benefits, Labor Force Participation, Social Security Disability Claims, Business News

More than 1.6 million Americans have signed up for Social Security disability benefits since the recession, taking themselves out of the work force --...

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The Surprising Reason Productivity Is Falling

AP | MARTIN CRUTSINGER | Posted 05.03.2012

Read More: JPMorgan Chase, Unemployment, Worker Output, Inflation, Economy, Labor Department, Jobseekers, Employment, Capital Economics, Hiring, U.S. Worker Productivity, Recession, Video, Business News

WASHINGTON — U.S. worker productivity fell from January through March by the most in a year. Stronger hiring at the start of the year was partly...

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Where the Jobs Are: 5 states Leading the Recovery

Richard Barrington | Posted 05.02.2012

Read More: Personal Finance, Jobs, Employment, Savings Account Rates, Interest Rates, Money, Economy, Labor Force, Unemployment Rates, Business News

While it would be great if all areas could share in this recovery, having some areas of exceptional growth can act as a real catalyst for the economy. With any luck, where these areas of dynamic growth lead, more jobs, stronger sales and higher savings account rates will follow.

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Good Bosses Share Key Personality Trait, Study Shows

Posted 05.01.2012

Read More: Leadership, Video, Guilt, Boss, Work, Companies, Sociology, New Research, Employment, Jobs, Psychology, Business, Science News

By: Chad Brooks, BusinessNewsDaily Contributor Published: 05/01/2012 06:14 AM EDT on BusinessNewsDaily People who tend to feel guilty make some ...

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U.S. To Fall Short Of 2025 College Grads Goal -- By 24 Million Degrees

| Jon Marcus | Posted 04.27.2012

Read More: Graduation, Graduates, Center for Law and Social Policy, 2025 College Graduate Goal, Employment, College Attainment Rates, National Center for Higher Education Management Systems, Higher Education, College Graduates, Georgetown University Center on Education and the Workforce, Video, Education News

This piece comes to us courtesy of The Hechinger Report's HechingerEd blog. Despite persistent appeals from policymakers and politicians to increas...

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U.K. Supreme Court Ruling Could Force Post 50s Into Retirement

www.bbc.co.uk | Posted 04.26.2012

Read More: Baby Boomers, Retirement, uk50, Employment, Fifty News

The court unanimously dismissed an appeal by a solicitor who was told to retire by a law firm just after his 65th birthday. Leslie Seldon, a partne...

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The Top Jobs For Recent College Graduates

The Huffington Post | Khadeeja Safdar | Posted 04.25.2012

Read More: Job Market, Analysts, Higest Paying College Majors, Entry-Level Jobs, Employment, Business News, Recent Graduates, College Majors, Job-Outlook, College Graduates, Business News

There's good news for this year's college graduates: They should fare better in the job market than the class of 2011. The 1.7 million college sen...

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Companies Have Cash, Won't Share

The Huffington Post | Mark Gongloff | Posted 04.23.2012

Read More: Job Market, Mergers and Acquisitions, Companies, Employment, Dealmakers, Hiring, Corporate Spending, S&P 500, Mergers, Deals, Video, Business News

Companies around the world have tons of cash and talk all big about how confident they are about the economy, and yet they're sitting on their hands w...

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Why Your Job Ads Aren't Working

Liz Ryan | Posted 04.19.2012

Read More: Hiring, Career, Recruitment, Talent, Employment, Business News

It's a new day in the talent marketplace. Employers who treat their job applicants like valued collaborators win in their competitive spaces, and employers who insist on talking down to talent and addressing them like livestock will get the more-docile-than-talented new hires they deserve.

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