US Job Market

What's Helping To Boost The Job Market

AP | CHRISTOPHER S. RUGABER | Posted 05.15.2012

Read More: Job Market, Video, Jobs Recovery, Factory Hiring, Business News, u.s. Job Market, Manufacturing, U.S. Manufacturing, American Manufacturing, Manufacturing Jobs, Business News

WASHINGTON — A resurgent U.S. job market that has lifted the economy appears to be enduring. Factories in the Northeast kept hiring in early Ma...

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The Knee-Jerk Reflex of Internationalization

Valerie Berset-Price | Posted 03.06.2012

Read More: European Job Market, US Job Market, International Business, Executives, Global Markets, Culture, Business News
Valerie Berset-Price

As a bird builds its nest one straw at a time, a company must build its international structure from the ground up -- strategically and methodically, and no longer as a simple afterthought.

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Key Joblessness Indicator Gives Reason For Optimism

Posted 01.05.2012

Read More: US Labor Market, US Economy, Video, Jobless Claims 2012, Eurozone Recession, Unemployment Benefits, Jobless Claims 2011, Jobless Claims, US Job Market, Initial Claims, Business News

WASHINGTON - New claims for unemployment benefits fell by 15,000 last week in the latest sign the labor market was improving and could help the co...

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2011: The Year of Living Dangerously?

Robert Walker | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Great Depression, Austrailia, Global Crisis, Apocolypse, Quantitative Easing, John Beddington, European Debt Crisi, US Job Market, 2011, World News
Robert Walker

Every year is fraught with unpredictable hazards, but, more than any year in recent memory, 2011 features a large number of recognizable threats that could precipitate a larger global crisis.

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U.S. Employment Prospects Improve, Survey Says

Daily Finance | Hugh Collins | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Man Power Survey, Employment Prospects, US Job Market, Unemployment Rate, Job Market 2011, Hiring Plans, Employment, Business News

The outlook for the U.S. job market has improved, with more employers planning to take on new staff in the first quarter of 2011 and fewer planning cu...

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Job Search LONGEST In Michigan, South Carolina, Florida

Economic Policy Institute | Andrea Orr and Kai Filion | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: American Jobs and Closing Tax Loophopes Act, White House, Health Care, Unemployment, Employment, Job Search, Recession, Long-Term Unemployment, Congress, US Job Market, Unemployment Benefits, Business News

Along with the highest rates of unemployment in a generation, the current recession has been characterized by record levels of long-term unemployment....

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Why Get Paid For A Job When You Can Work For Free?

Emily Bracken | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Job Market, Internships, Mediabistro, Unemployed, Available-Jobs, Unemployment, Craigslist-Ads, How-to-Get-Hired, Craigslist, Jobs, Job Listings, US Job Market, Interns, Comedy News
Emily Bracken

There are jobs to be had, just maybe not where you were looking. Just add "intern" or "free" to any search and you'll come upon hundreds of hits.

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The White House's Lame Excuses For Rejecting a Badly-Needed Extension of Unemployment Benefits

Ross Eisenbrey | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Job Market, Unemployed, Unemployment, Job Cuts, Economy, Unemployment Benefits, Jobs, US Job Market, Epi, Business News
Ross Eisenbrey

Of course Americans need jobs, but in the meantime, those who can't find them need unemployment insurance.

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Biggest jobless jump since '86 _ Wall Street sinks

AP | JEANNINE AVERSA | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Unemployment Rate Jumps, Unemployment Rate, National Unemployment Rate, May Unemployment Rate, US Economy, US Job Market, Business News

WASHINGTON — Pink slips piled up and jobs disappeared into thin air in May as the nation's unemployment rate zoomed to 5.5 percent in the bigges...

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