Joblessness

Huge Share Of Jobless Seniors Face Long-Term Unemployment

Reuters | Posted 05.16.2012

Read More: Jobs Crisis, Video, Unemployment, Long-Term Unemployment, Jobless Seniors, Jobless Seniors Long Term Unemployment, Reuters, Business News, Older Job Seekers, Unemployed Seniors, Joblessness, Business News

(Refiles to fix word order in 9th paragraph) * 55 pct of jobless seniors face long-term unemployment -GAO * Workers with...

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It's Easier To Get Over The Death Of A Spouse Than Long-Term Unemployment

The Huffington Post | Alexander Eichler | Posted 05.07.2012

Read More: Job Losses, Video, Unemployment, Job Loss, Widowhood, Mental Health, Life Satisfaction, Divorce, Long-Term Unemployment, Long-Term Unemployed, Joblessness, Death, Happiness, Business News

Stay unemployed long enough, and you don't just bounce back once a job rolls around. People who have been out of work a long time tend to be unhapp...

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The Answer Isn't Socialism; It's Capitalism That Better Spreads the Benefits of the Productivity Revolution

Robert Reich | Posted 05.06.2012

Read More: Joblessness, Socialism, Francois Hollande French Election, Francois Hollande, China Economy, Business News

We don't need socialism. We need a capitalism that works for the vast majority. The productivity revolution should be making our lives better -- not poorer and more insecure. And it will do that when we have the political will to spread its benefits.

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Nine Countries Where Everyone Has A Job

24/7 Wall St. | Posted 04.30.2012

Read More: Unemployment Rates, Austria, Business News, Belarus, Joblessness, 24/7 Wall St, Countries With Least Unemployment, Countries, Business News

24/7 Wall St.: Earlier this month, polling agency Gallup released its 2011 global unemployment statistics for 148 countries. Of the nations Gallup sur...

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Safe Harbor for the Homeless

Marian Wright Edelman | Posted 04.27.2012

The House Budget Committee's latest draconian budget proposes even deeper cuts in the safety net while refusing to ask the rich and powerful to contribute their fair share. Indeed, it would give them more tax breaks at the expense of poor struggling families desperately trying to get back on their feet.

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Back to the Future: A Blueprint for Progressives to Take Back Our Country by Large-Scale Organizing of the Unemployed

Gary Ferdman | Posted 04.26.2012

Read More: Jobs, Joblessness, Unemployment, Job Creation, Unions, Unemployment Rate, Progressives, Politics News

A national movement of unemployed workers with strong, active local chapters is our best hope to, in the spirit of FDR,"make Congress do it" or elect people who will. It should be progressives' most important priority.

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Strong Job Market Can Kill People: Study

The Huffington Post | Alexander Eichler | Posted 04.12.2012

Read More: Video, Unemployment, Mortality Rates, Jobless Rate, Unemployment Rate, Elderly Care, Senior Care, Mortality, Nursing Homes, Joblessness, Slidepollajax, Health Care, Nursing Home, Business News

A falling unemployment rate is typically good news, but some economists point to a glaring downside. When the jobless rate falls, the death rate goes ...

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'It's Like The Wild West' For Background Check Companies

AP | DANIEL WAGNER | Posted 04.11.2012

Read More: Job Market, Video, Unemployment, Job Seekers, Job Applicants, Business News, Background Check Companies, Joblessness, Background Checks, Job Applications, Business News

WASHINGTON -- Thousands of U.S. job hunters are losing out because employers use faulty background-check data drawn from shoddy records, consumer advo...

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"I Can Solve the Unemployment Crisis"

Lee Camp | Posted 04.09.2012

Read More: Funny, Job Creators, Lee Camp, Unemployment, Humor, Satire, Economy, Jobs, Joblessness, Recession, Comedy, Comedy News

Americans need jobs! But is helping tax dodgers or building environmentally devastating oil pipelines the only way to create jobs? NO! There are others, and I'm proposing we get started on the following projects right now.

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Charter School Fires Entire Teaching Staff

The Huffington Post | Alexander Eichler | Posted 04.06.2012

Read More: Layoffs, U.S. Economy, Job Losses, Labor Force, Jobless Rate, Unemployment, Unemployment Rate, Job Cuts, Monthly Jobs Report, Job Layoffs, Jobs Report, Joblessness, Video, Business News

Layoffs may be on the wane, but they haven't stopped entirely. Just ask the teachers at Philadelphia's Frontier Virtual Charter High School. On Mar...

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Greece Is The Wor(l)d: 4

Alexia Amvrazi | Posted 04.06.2012

Read More: Tourism, Unemployment, Homelessness, Media Sensationalism, Suicide, Financial Crisis, Drugs, Joblessness, Narcotics, News, Greece, World News

In these places you may find an atmosphere of solemnity amongst locals, but prices have fallen, people are eager to offer as much as they can, and the country's natural glory shines on.

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No Experience? Think Again! Confessions of a Female Entrepreneur: Street Cred

Michele Colucci | Posted 04.05.2012

Read More: Resume Advice, Social Startups, Green Jobs, Empowerment, Building a Business, Life Lessons, Jobs, Joblessness, Cbs, Resume Building, Experiences, Female Entrepreneurs, Women's Empowerment, Women CEOs, Ceos, Qualifications, New Business, Women, Starting a Business, New Jobs, Resume Tips, Self-Empowerment, Womens Empowerment, Resume, Female CEOs, Job Market, Obama Jobs, Amy Levin-Epstein, Womens Issues, Startups, Ceo, Female Empowerment, Resumes, Entrepreneurship, Job Creation, Job Search, Women News

We women spend a lot of time working for our family, for our friends and for our passions. We need to take ownership of our successes, experiences, and accomplishments in our "other" jobs.

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The Dramatic Consequences Of Long-Term Unemployment

Posted 04.03.2012

Read More: Jobs Crisis, Video, Unemployment, Long-Term Unemployment, Unemployment Crisis, Business News, Mortality, Ben Bernanke, Joblessness, Business News

The terrifying financial insecurity of unemployment may not even be the worst part of losing your job. That's because the chance that a person will...

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No Work for the Willing

Marian Wright Edelman | Posted 05.26.2012

Most young men and women today want to work hard, but for those under 25 years old, work has often been impossible to find.

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Ten Tips for Finding Work in a Tough Economy

BJ Gallagher | Posted 05.25.2012

Read More: Finding Work, Interpersonal Skills, Optimism, Great Recession, Job Hunting, Reinventing Yourself, Self-Improvement, Joblessness, Business, Business News

While the outlook for our country is getting brighter, the outlook for hundreds of thousands of individuals still seems bleak. What can you do if you're one of those folks whose job -- and/or company -- is gone forever?

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These Jobs Less Popular For First Time In Basically Forever

The Huffington Post | Alexander Eichler | Posted 02.17.2012

Read More: Jobs Crisis, Video, Jobless Rate, Unemployment Rate, Business News, Science and Engineering Jobs, Americans Science Jobs, Joblessness, Business News

The country's knowledge economy is beginning to get drowned out. Just 4.9 percent of all American jobs were in science or engineering fields in 201...

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Congress: Don't Kick Workers When They're Down

Elizabeth Lower-Basch | Posted 04.09.2012

Read More: Congress, Joblessness, Unemployment, Unemployment Insurance, Business News

As part of the price for extending federal unemployment benefits, House Republicans want to add a provision that denies benefits to workers without a high school diploma or equivalent.

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Maximum Duration Of Unemployment Insurance Dropping

HuffingtonPost.com | Arthur Delaney | Posted 02.06.2012

Read More: Video, Unemployed, Jobless Rate, Unemployment, Unemployment Rate, Michigan Unemployment, Unemployment Benefits, Emergency Unemployment Compensation, Joblessness, Extended Benefits, Job Creation, Unemployment Extension, Politics News

Nearly 30,000 people enduring long-term joblessness in Michigan are set to lose their unemployment insurance as a federal program that provides the fi...

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Krugman: Optimism About Jobs May Prove 'Self-Defeating'

The New York Times | Paul Krugman | Posted 02.06.2012

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In a better world -- specifically, a world with a better policy elite -- a good jobs report would be cause for unalloyed celebration. In the world we ...

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Are All Rich People Job Creators, or Does It Take Something More?

Scott Bittle | Posted 04.04.2012

Read More: Jobs, U.S. Economy, Innovation, Joblessness, Unemployment, Entrepreneurship, Job Creation, Business News

To assume that rich people are creating products, opening markets or even building on what they have simply because they're rich is laughable -- and dangerous.

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D.C. Central Kitchen Film Project Nets $40,000 Funds

HuffingtonPost.com | Megan Arellano | Posted 02.01.2012

Read More: Dc Impact, Kickstarter, Brendan Canty, Joblessness, D.C. Central Kitchen, Christoph Green, Robert Egger, Culinary-Job-Training-Programs, Video, Unemployment, Independent Film, Filmmaking, Trixie-Films, Liberation, D.C., DC News

WASHINGTON -- With just six hours before its deadline, Trixie Films secured $40,000 in Kickstarter funding to film a documentary about D.C. Central Ki...

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Jobless Claims Rose From Nearly Four-Year Low Last Week

AP | CHRISTOPHER S. RUGABER | Posted 03.27.2012

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WASHINGTON — The number of people seeking unemployment benefits rose last week to a seasonally adjusted 377,000, up from a nearly four-year low ...

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Weekly Jobless Claims Plunge To Near Four-Year Low

Reuters | Posted 03.20.2012

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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - New U.S. applications for unemployment benefits dropped to a near four-year low last week, a government report on Thursday show...

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Unemployed, Out Of School Youth A Huge Cost To Taxpayers

The Huffington Post | Jillian Berman | Posted 01.18.2012

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A sizable minority of America's youth aren't in school or attached to the labor force. And it's costing taxpayers big. About 17 percent of America'...

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As Joblessness Rises And The Economy Sours, Americans Driving Older Cars

AP | TOM KRISHER | Posted 03.18.2012

Read More: Used Cards, Jobless Rate, Old Cars, Clunkers, Vehicle Age, Business News, Average Vehicle Age, Joblessness, Average Age of Vehicles, Video, Business News

DETROIT — That clunker in America's driveway has reached a record old age, but there are signs that people may be growing confident enough in th...

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