Tag: Jobs

Applications for US unemployment benefits edge up

Applications for US unemployment benefits edge up

Martin Crutsinger · July 3, 2014 12:35 pm

32 states trail US as a whole in job recovery

Paul Wiseman · July 2, 2014 8:32 pm

In this Monday, June 30, 2014 photo, trader John Liotti, center, and specialist Donald Civitanova, right, work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange. World stocks were mostly higher Wednesday, July 2, 2014, on improved U.S. and Chinese economic activity. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)

Stocks close at record highs as US hiring surges

Washington Examiner · July 2, 2014 8:14 pm

In this May 19, 2014 photo, Micki Taylor, branch manager of the Mega Force Staffing Services in Kinston, N.C., reviews an orientation booklet with Kenneth Wilson, who is training to become a forklift operator, in Kinston, N.C. Payroll processer ADP said Wednesday, July 2, 2014, that private employers added 281,000 jobs last month, up from 179,000 in the previous month. (AP Photo/Kinston Free Press, Sara Pezzoni)

Survey: US companies added 281,000 jobs in June

Josh Boak · July 2, 2014 1:02 pm

Louisiana to share $154M for job training

Louisiana to share $154M for job training

Washington Examiner · June 27, 2014 8:02 am

Animal Spirits Turn Anemic

Animal Spirits Turn Anemic

Geoffrey Norman · June 26, 2014 3:46 pm

In this June 23, 2014 photo, job seekers and recruiters meet during a job fair in Philadelphia. The Labor Department releases weekly jobless claims on Thursday, June 26, 2014. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)

Applications for US unemployment benefits dip

Christopher Rugaber · June 26, 2014 12:55 pm

Michigan gets $6.2 million in US job training aid

Michigan gets $6.2 million in US job training aid

Washington Examiner · June 26, 2014 4:02 am

Senate backers of long-term jobless aid try again

Senate backers of long-term jobless aid try again

Washington Examiner · June 24, 2014 3:33 pm

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Why not boost teen employment with a training wage?

Stephen Moore · June 23, 2014 9:00 pm

A study shows just how far the shift has happened: An estimated 70 percent of domestic car and car parts manufacturing is now located in right-to-work states. (AP Photo/Paul Sancya)

Beltway Confidential

Large majority of car manufacturing now in right-to-work states

Sean Higgins · June 23, 2014 12:42 pm

In this June 16, 2014 photo, Jacksonville police officer F. D. Williams, center, talks to job seekers during the City-Wide Job & Resource Fair at the Prime Osborn Convention Center in Jacksonville, Fla. The government reports on state unemployment rates for May on Friday, June 20, 2014. (AP Photo/The Florida Times-Union, Will Dickey)

Unemployment rates fell in 20 US states in May

Christopher Rugaber · June 20, 2014 3:45 pm