Obama Jobs

Obama Jobs Summit: President Holding December 'Forum On Jobs'

AP | JULIE PACE | Posted 11.12.2009 | Politics


WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama announced Thursday that he'll host a White House summit next month on fighting the chronic joblessness that ...

How The Government Is Swallowing The Economy: U.S. News

usnews.com | Rick Newman | Posted 11.09.2009 | Business


You know about the bailouts, the stimulus plan, cash for clunkers, and moola for mansions. But for all the anxiety they've caused, those government gi...

Obama Job-Creation Efforts Not So Direct

Washington Post | Alec MacGillis | Posted 11.09.2009 | Politics


To hear President Obama tell it, he's been busy creating jobs since taking office. The $787 billion stimulus package, he said last winter, would "save...

Dan Froomkin

Washington Doesn't Get It: We Need More Jobs

HuffingtonPost.com | Dan Froomkin | Posted 10.02.2009 | Politics


Nowhere is the massive disconnect between Washington D.C. and the rest of the country more striking than when it comes to the issue of jobs. Inside ...

Sam Stein

Boehner Video Stars "Job-Sniffing Bloodhound" To Whack Obama

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 08.02.2009 | Politics


The loss of 467,000 jobs in June, driving the national unemployment rate to 9.5 percent, is unwelcome news for the Obama administration, which has spe...

Obama's Stimulus Promise: More Than 600,000 Jobs

AP | BRETT J. BLACKLEDGE and MATT APUZZO | Posted 07.09.2009 | Business


WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama assured the nation his recovery plan was on track Monday, scrambling to calm Americans unnerved by unemploym...

What the Heck is a Green Job?

Donnie Fowler | Posted 06.27.2009 | Green


Donnie Fowler

Green jobs can reduce unemployment and poverty, increase job long-term security, provide new sources of income and investment for our economy and combat climate change.

Obama Still Has Hundreds Of Important Jobs To Fill

AP | NANCY BENAC | Posted 05.12.2009 | Politics


WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama doesn't have time for a victory lap now that his Cabinet is finally largely in place. One level down, he fa...

Sam Stein

Obama Touts Main Street Success As Wall Street Plunges

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 04.03.2009 | Politics


The Obama administration hosted an event at the Department of Transportation on Tuesday to mark the first case of stimulus money creating infrastructu...

Sam Stein

Obama: Judge Me On The Jobs I Create

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 01.15.2009 | Politics


Much of the focus of the just completed Obama press conference is going to center on his answer to the obligatory Rod Blagojevich question -- the pres...

Obama's Fighter Jet Decision Represents Clash Of Two Goals

New York Times | CHRISTOPHER DREW | Posted 01.09.2009 | Politics


Two of President-elect Barack Obama's stated goals -- cutting wasteful spending and saving or creating millions of jobs -- are on a collision course i...

Green Jobs and Biofuels

Bob Dinneen | Posted 01.05.2009 | Green


Bob Dinneen

One of President-elect Obama's key objectives early in his administration is to create 2.5 million jobs through investment in green technologies.

290,000 Resumes Sent To Obama Transition Team

LA Times | Posted 12.29.2008 | Politics


Reporting from Washington -- One member of President-elect Barack Obama's transition team measures meetings by the number of resumes arriving on his B...

Obama Transition Team Gets More Than 200,000 Resumes

NBC | Posted 12.21.2008 | Politics


An Obama transition official tells NBC News that they've received more than 200,000 work applications through the official transition web site, www.ch...

236.com: You'll Never Work For Barack Obama

236.com | 23/6: The News, But Funnier | Posted 12.17.2008 | Politics


Sure, we're in an economic crisis, but that doesn't mean nobody's hiring. President-elect Obama is looking for a few good men, and by "good," we mean ...

The Next Chairman of the FCC

Art Brodsky | Posted 12.14.2008 | Media


Art Brodsky

The first qualification for the new FCC chairman should be a firm dedication to Goal No. 1 -- The public interest, not private interest, should govern.

Obama Administration Job Application Requests Info On Embarrassing Emails

New York Times | JACKIE CALMES | Posted 12.13.2008 | Politics


Want a top job in the Obama administration? Only pack rats need apply, preferably those not packing controversy. A seven-page questionnaire being se...

Looking for a Job in the Obama Administration?

Sarah van Gelder | Posted 12.11.2008 | Politics


Sarah van Gelder

The thousands of people appointed throughout the Executive Branch set policies in everything -- you can be part of that.

Sam Stein

AFL-CIO Mailer Touts Obama On Guns, Jobs

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 11.14.2008 | Politics


The AFL-CIO is blasting out a new mailer to its members, trumpeting Barack Obama's credentials on a key issue of the day -- job creation -- and a pote...

Help Wanted: Obama Camp Seeking Staff For General Election

TPM | Posted 05.20.2008 | Politics


The primary may not be over yet (officially), but the Obama campaign is seeking to staff up for the general election. Here's an email, forwarded our w...