Cities With the Most Jobs
(# of jobs in parentheses) New York, NY (195,300) Washington, DC (145,600) Los Angeles, CA (134,100) Chicago, IL (87,400) Boston, MA (78,600) Source: Conference Board Hearthis post
The Invisible Unemployed
Every news story or unemployment report focuses on the millions of people who have searched for jobs within the last 4 weeks. But, there is another group of unemployed people who go largely unnoticed. These persons are referred to as “marginally attached to the labor force” because they wanted and were available for work sometime [...]
Me and my merry band of volunt…
Me and my merry band of volunteers have left the building. Hearthis post
Stuffing 700 bags not fun, but…
Stuffing 700 bags not fun, but people fun. Hearthis post
Volunteering at Glaad tonite. …
Volunteering at Glaad tonite. Should be studying. Hearthis post
Job Losses Down, Unemployment Up
According to this month’s Labor Department jobs report, employers cut 539,000 jobs in April, that’s the lowest number of cuts in six months. Unfortunately, the unemployment rate bounced to 8.9%, a 4.5% increase over last month. There are now 13.7 million people unemployed, 3.7 million of whom have been unemployed for 27 weeks or more. [...]
Where the Jobs Are Plenty, And the Competition is Few
No job can compete with “the world’s greatest job”–island-sitting blogger–but that job has been filled. There were 34,000 applicants and they all lost to a Brit named Ben. But, don’t fret. There may yet be a great job out there for you. I can’t promise you’ll get paid six figures to snorkel, but I can [...]
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