Jobs Crisis

The End of Work?

Uri Dadush | Posted 05.30.2012

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Uri Dadush

An educational system that produces relatively few software and mechanical engineers but plenty of high-school dropouts not only sees the price of the former bid up relative to the latter but also encourages manufacturing firms to produce overseas -- while hamburger joints expand profitably at home.

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Why The Jobs Crisis Isn't Abating

The Huffington Post | Bonnie Kavoussi | Posted 05.31.2012

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More Americans are sitting out their prime working years. Fewer Americans between the ages of 25 and 54 have jobs than at any point in the 23 year...

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Huge Share Of Jobless Seniors Face Long-Term Unemployment

Reuters | Posted 05.16.2012

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

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Bonnie Kavoussi

Corporations Raking In Money At Prerecession Levels, But Not Hiring

HuffingtonPost.com | Bonnie Kavoussi | Posted 05.05.2012

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It's a good time to be an American corporate executive, but not such a great time to be a job seeker. That's because U.S. corporate profits have r...

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Krugman: Bernanke Has 'Been Assimilated By The Borg'

The Huffington Post | Alana Horowitz | Posted 04.29.2012

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Paul Krugman doubled down on criticism of Ben Bernanke on Sunday, telling ABC's "This Week" that the Fed Chairman has "been assimilated by the Borg." ...

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Study: Undocumented Workers Have 'Negligible Impact' On Wages

The Huffington Post | Bonnie Kavoussi | Posted 04.12.2012

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Hear that? That's the sound of holes being poked in one of the most common arguments for pushing undocumented workers out of America. Undocumented ...

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Who's Hiring?

Mary Ellen Biery | Posted 04.09.2012

Read More: Jobs Crisis, Unemployment, Private Companies, Manufacturing Jobs, Economy Hiring, Hiring Jobs, Growth Jobs, Employment Economy, Growth Industry, Small Business News
Mary Ellen Biery

Friday's jobs report showed that fewer-than-expected positions were added in March. But several industries that have driven a lot of the hiring over the last year continued to add workers last month. Who's been hiring, and which industries have the kind of business fundamentals that could pave the way for adding more jobs?

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The Dramatic Consequences Of Long-Term Unemployment

Posted 04.03.2012

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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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Good News For College Seniors

Reuters | Posted 04.02.2012

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By Jilian Mincer and Jennifer Merritt NEW YORK, April 1(Reuters) - Sean Chua expected the hunt for his first job after college to be t...

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Arthur Delaney

The Indignity Of A Layoff After Decades Of Hard Work

HuffingtonPost.com | Arthur Delaney | Posted 03.24.2012

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Linda Hall of Spokane, Wash. has worked hard all her life but hasn't earned any respect from the labor market. Laid off for the first time at age 62, ...

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Lila Shapiro

Union Blasts Target Closure

HuffingtonPost.com | Lila Shapiro | Posted 03.22.2012

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Back in June when workers at a Target store just outside New York City were about to vote on whether to unionize, employees received an ominous pamphl...

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Dave Jamieson

Walmart Expands Into South Africa

HuffingtonPost.com | Dave Jamieson | Posted 03.16.2012

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A South African appeals court issued a decision last week that greenlights a merger between Massmart, one of the largest retailers in the country, and...

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The Democrats' Jobs Dilemma: Celebration vs. Call to Action

Richard (RJ) Eskow | Posted 05.11.2012

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Richard (RJ) Eskow

The fastest growing category of employment is in temp work, followed by health care and "leisure" -- which is described as consisting primarily of "food service and drinking places." If it's "morning again in America," at least we know somebody's been hired to pour the coffee.

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Lila Shapiro

Unemployment Report: Missing Workers Mount Comeback

HuffingtonPost.com | Lila Shapiro | Posted 03.09.2012

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NEW YORK -- After a year without so much as looking at a job application, Lillian Acevedo once again can be counted as a member of the U.S. labor forc...

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How Spending At Black-Owned Businesses Can Help Reduce Black Unemployment

Daryl Williams | Posted 05.07.2012

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Daryl Williams

There is $850 billion moving through black consumers' hands each year, with 90 percent of that amount going to businesses owned and controlled by non-black businesses, according to James Clingman Jr. That is a vast amount of revenue that never makes its way to the African American community.

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The Iceman Goeth: Politicians Ignore the Biggest Threat to American Jobs

Scott Bittle | Posted 04.27.2012

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Scott Bittle

The jobs crisis is the first priority for most Americans, and rightly so. Yet we're spending far too much time asking the wrong questions: can we "hold onto" the jobs we have? Should we cut taxes? Does a college education pay off?

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We've All Got an Itch to Scratch

Del Phillips | Posted 04.25.2012

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Del Phillips

It's time to play hardball (and not with Chris Matthews). If we, the tax payers, are going to scratch the back of corporations by taking on more of the burden they will not be paying, they need to scratch ours.

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Lila Shapiro

Debunked: Popular Explanation For High Unemployment

HuffingtonPost.com | Lila Shapiro | Posted 02.21.2012

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One popular explanation for the stubbornly high unemployment rate is that businesses want to hire -- but they simply can't find workers with the right...

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These Jobs Less Popular For First Time In Basically Forever

The Huffington Post | Alexander Eichler | Posted 02.17.2012

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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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This Just Isn't 'Sexy' Anymore

The Huffington Post | Bonnie Kavoussi | Posted 02.16.2012

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President Obama has made it a top priority to bring manufacturing jobs back home to the United States. But if he succeeds, he might have a tough time ...

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RECOVERING THE RECOVERY: A Good Sign For American Jobs

AP | CHRISTOPHER S. RUGABER | Posted 04.17.2012

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WASHINGTON — The number of people seeking unemployment benefits fell to the lowest point in almost four years last week, the latest signal that ...

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Take a Chance on the Unemployed

Del Phillips | Posted 04.16.2012

Read More: Jobs Crisis, Unemployed, 99ers, Unemployment, Long-Term Unemployment, Unemployment Crisis, Jobs, Long-Term Unemployed, Unemployment Rate, Job Training Programs, Chicago Career Tech, Job Training, Politics News
Del Phillips

We have applied to the online ads, attended the networking events, used social media and crafted multiple iterations of our resume based on each new blogger's opinion. There are even those of us attempting to gain additional skills. We're eager and ready to get back to work.

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Lila Shapiro

Job Training Infusion: Fix For Unemployment?

HuffingtonPost.com | Lila Shapiro | Posted 02.14.2012

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President Obama's proposed budget for fiscal year 2013 would set aside $8 billion for community colleges to offer more job training in high-demand fie...

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Bonnie Kavoussi

Want To Fix The Economy? Quit Your Job

HuffingtonPost.com | Bonnie Kavoussi | Posted 02.14.2012

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Feel stuck in your job? You probably are. While unemployment is dropping, the job market needs more "churn," or job-to-job moves, to truly reco...

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The Faces Of The Long-Term Unemployed

AP | By SHARON COHEN | Posted 02.12.2012

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-- J.R. Childress is up before the sun, bustling about in the French colonial brick house he built. He helps pack his wife's lunch, downs some eggs o...

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