Unemployment Rates

The Majority of the Unemployed Went to College?

Dr. Bonnie Snyder | Posted 05.22.2012

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Dr. Bonnie Snyder

I thought I had lost the capacity to be shocked, but I was wrong. Recently, Investors Business Daily reported that for the first time in history, the majority of jobless workers (57 percent) have attended college.

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April Employment Showers

Max Fraad Wolff | Posted 05.08.2012

Read More: Elections 2012, Earnings, Jobs, April, Unemployment, Payroll, Productivity, Unemployment Rates, Business News
Max Fraad Wolff

The first quarter of 2012 has been a wild ride. After an inexplicably strong late 2011 and early 2011 the flow of macro data has turned dramatically less encouraging.

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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
Richard Barrington

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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Nine Countries Where Everyone Has A Job

24/7 Wall St. | Posted 04.30.2012

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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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U.S. States With The Most Oil

24/7 Wall St. | Charles B. Stockdale | Posted 04.06.2012

Read More: Unemployment Rates, Census Bureau, Oil Production, Gas Industry, U.S. Energy Information Administration, American Petroleum Institute, Oil, Oil Reserves, The Bureau of Labor Statistics, Business News

From 24/7 Wall St.: As gas prices reach record highs across many parts of the country, Americans have been blaming oil companies. But as much as they ...

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Romney Attacks Obama Over Job Creation

AP | CHARLES BABINGTON | Posted 05.12.2012

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MOBILE, Ala. — Wealthy New Englander Mitt Romney is trying to woo Southern voters with a mix of regional references that sometimes show self-dep...

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Why Making Predictions Is So Difficult in the Social Sector

David Henderson | Posted 03.06.2012

Read More: Nonprofit, Charity, Social Sector, Unemployment Rates, Poverty, Unemployment, Homelessness, Impact News
David Henderson

Despite all the blog posts, books, and questionable models to the contrary, we are a long ways away from being able to predict with any relevance the future of the social sector.

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Battlefield to Boardroom -- Combating Veteran Unemployment

Aloysius Boyle | Posted 01.11.2012

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Aloysius Boyle

These economic times are tenuous. The challenge of unemployment plagues our nation with a consistent 9 percent rate. While staggering, it is even worse with our veteran population.

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Why 'There's No Place Like Home' For Boomerang Kids

SFGate | Posted 12.17.2011

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Danny Guo came marching home two years ago as a corporal from the U.S. Marine Corps, thinking the country he served would be a land of instant job opp...

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Young Children and Unemployment

John Irons | Posted 11.27.2011

Read More: Unemployment, Children, Recession, Unemployment Rates, Unemployment and Children, Effects of Unemployment, Underemployment, Unemployed Parents, Politics News
John Irons

Having an unemployed parent increases the risk for disruptions in nutrition, housing, and education -- all of which are important for a child's future.

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Foreign-Born Blacks Hit Hardest Of All Immigrant Groups By Jobs Crisis

The Huffington Post | Harry Bradford | Posted 10.03.2011

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Of all the groups affected by the unemployment crisis, perhaps the hardest hit have been those black citizens born outside the United States. Acco...

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The Gleeks Are Graduating, But Is It Really 'True To Life?'

Posted 09.13.2011

Read More: Unemployment Rates, High School Drop Out Rates, Glee, Current Population Survey (CPS), Bureau of Labor Statistics, High School Employment, High School Graduation, Chris Colfer, Post-Graduation-Employment, High School, Lea Michele, Jobs Report, Cory Monteith, Employment Rates, Employment Report, High School Graduation Rates, Education News

Glee stars Lea Michele, Cory Monteith and Chris Colfer are on track to graduating McKinley High after this season, but their characters -- Rachel Berr...

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10 Countries Where Unemployment Has Soared

The Huffington Post | Harry Bradford | Posted 06.30.2011

Read More: Unemployment Rates, South Africa, Germany, Poland, Great Recession, Economic Crisis, Employment, Jobless, Spain, Israel, Oecd, Business News

Since the financial crisis first pulled the world into the Great Recession, unemployment has become a global problem. A new report released by the...

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The Highest Unemployment Rates In The U.S.

AP | Posted 06.07.2011

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(AP) -- Unemployment rates fell in more than three-quarters of the nation's 372 largest metro areas in February, a sign that recent hiring gains have ...

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Obama To Economic Panel: Unemployment Still 'Biggest Challenge'

Bloomberg | Kate Anderson Brower | Posted 05.25.2011

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President Barack Obama told the first meeting of his panel of outside economic advisers that the U.S. must deal with stubbornly high unemployment even...

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Jobless Claims Rise Again

Posted 05.25.2011

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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - New U.S. claims for unemployment benefits rose more than expected last week, according to a government report on Thursday that...

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Snowstorms Take Big Toll On Unemployment Claims

Posted 05.25.2011

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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - New U.S. claims for jobless benefits surged last week as snowstorms in some parts of the country kept workers at home, but the...

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UN: Financial Crisis Left Nearly 30 Million Unemployed

AP | MATT MOORE and FRANK JORDANS | Posted 05.25.2011

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DAVOS, Switzerland — Adjusting to the "new reality" framed the backdrop of the World Economic Forum on Tuesday, with some 2,500 business leaders...

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Fed: Economy Expanded 'Moderately' In Late 2010

Posted 05.25.2011

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WASHINGTON (By Pedro Nicolaci da Costa) - The U.S. economy strengthened as the year drew to a close, according to a report from the Federal Reserve o...

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Nate C. Hindman

Small Business Jobs Only Half-Way Back To Pre-Recession Levels

HuffingtonPost.com | Nate C. Hindman | Posted 05.25.2011

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Hiring grew at a modest pace at America's smallest companies in December, as firms with fewer than 20 employees added 57,000 new jobs to the economy, ...

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Depression Economics: When The Jobless Run Out Of Unemployment Insurance

Slate | Annie Lowrey | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Unemployment Rates, Unemployment 2010, Unemployment Benefits, Unemployment Claims, Job Seekers, Unemployment Insurance, Business News

If 2008 was the year of the financial crisis, and 2009 the year of the recession, then 2010 was the year of unemployment. The good news is that things...

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2010: The Year That Fizzled?

The New York Times | David Leonhardt | Posted 05.25.2011

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It was the year that the economy started to recover and then slid back into a slump -- only to offer reason for renewed hope in the final weeks. Wh...

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More U.S. Job-Hunters Try Australia

Wall Street Journal | Geoffrey Rogow | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Australia's Economic Boom, Jobs in Australia, Job Hunters, Unemployment Rates, US Job Economy, Business News

SYDNEY--Australia's economic boom is spurring a steady stream of unexpected visitors looking for work: Americans. U.S. citizens are heading to Austral...

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The Declining Demand For Men

Posted 05.25.2011

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The Great Recession has sometimes been dubbed the Mancession because it drove unemployment among men higher than unemployment among women. Because men...

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The Psychic Toll of the Great Recession

Dr. Jim Taylor | Posted 11.17.2011

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Dr. Jim Taylor

It's safe to say that it will be many years before the American psyche and economy recover fully from the Great Recession.

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