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Unemployment: First Time Jobless Claims Soar To 360,000
18/05/2013 Comments Off on Unemployment: First Time Jobless Claims Soar To 360,000
By METEOR BLADES, Daily Kos Labor— First-time claims for unemployment benefits took an unexpected leap for the week ending May 11, rising to a seasonally adjusted 360,000, the Department of Labor reported. That’s 32,000 above the previous week’s revised figure of 328,000, originally reported as 323,000. It was the biggest climb since the aftermath of Hurricane […]
Continue reading …Are You Unemployed Over 55? Grey Haired And 55 Or Older Need Not Apply
10/05/2013 Comments Off on Are You Unemployed Over 55? Grey Haired And 55 Or Older Need Not Apply
By R.W. GREENE— To judge from unemployment rates, you might think it’s not too hard to pull off the trick of finding a job while having grey hair and being 55 or older. After all, the unemployment rate last year for people aged 55 and older stood at 6%. That number has even improved slightly […]
Continue reading …Developing Nations’ Youth Employment: Informal, Underpaid, Unemployed
09/05/2013 Comments Off on Developing Nations’ Youth Employment: Informal, Underpaid, Unemployed
ILO News– Two thirds of working age youth in some developing countries are either unemployed or trapped in low-quality jobs, according to the ILO Global Employment Trends for Youth 2013 report. In six of the ten countries surveyed, more than 60% of young people are either unemployed, working but in low quality, irregular, low wage jobs, often […]
Continue reading …March Job Openings Hires Down, 3.1 Job Seekers For Every Job
08/05/2013 Comments Off on March Job Openings Hires Down, 3.1 Job Seekers For Every JobBy ELISE GOULD, Economic Policy Institute— The March Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey (JOLTS), released May 7, 2013, by the Bureau of Labor Statistics, shows job openings fell slightly in March to 3.8 million, a decrease of 55,000 since February. While job openings are similar to where they were about five years ago as the economy was […]
Continue reading …New Website Offers Jobseekers Answers, Advice Direct From Recruiters
29/04/2013 Comments Off on New Website Offers Jobseekers Answers, Advice Direct From Recruiters
Jobepdia.org is ready for prime time. The HR Policy Association, which represents senior human resource executives and recruiters at more than 340 of the largest U.S., announces the official launch of its jobipedia.org website. The site went live test mode in October 2012. Jobipedia.org is designed to provide personal, free and timely answers about job searches and […]
Continue reading …Great PLaces To Work? How To Unlock Inside Information On Employers
21/04/2013 Comments Off on Great PLaces To Work? How To Unlock Inside Information On Employers
By VICKIE ELMER — Look inside before you commit to walk through the gates or guard station every day. Do your due diligence on an employer before you sign on as an employee. Starting today, there’s another way to peek in to corporate cultures: It’s Great Rated! a “social search engine for workplace culture,” developed by […]
Continue reading …100,000 Jobs Mission Says 64,628 U.S. Veterans Hired Through 1Q 2013
17/04/2013 Comments Off on 100,000 Jobs Mission Says 64,628 U.S. Veterans Hired Through 1Q 2013
The 100,000 Jobs Mission announced April 17, 20913, that its member companies have collectively hired 64,628 U.S. military veterans through the first quarter of 2013. JPMorgan Chase and ten other companies with the goal to collectively hire at least 100,000 veterans by 2020 launched this private sector initiative in early 2011. In two years, the […]
Continue reading …Average Starting Salary For New College Grads Up 5.3%
17/04/2013 Comments Off on Average Starting Salary For New College Grads Up 5.3%
The average starting salary for new college graduates earning bachelor’s degrees has increased 5.3% from last year, according to a new report by the National Association of Colleges and Employers (NACE). NACE’s April 2013 Salary Survey — the first look at starting salaries for the Class of 2013 — found that the average starting salary […]
Continue reading …Employers Report A 4 Week Window Between Job Interview And Offer
13/04/2013 Comments Off on Employers Report A 4 Week Window Between Job Interview And Offer
How long can a new college graduate expect to wait for that first big job offer after an interview? If a job offer is extended, how long will he or she have to accept or reject it? The National Association of Colleges and Employers (NACE) 2012 Recruiting Benchmarks Survey found that, on average, employers hiring […]
Continue reading …Engineering Dominates Top-Paying Majors
12/04/2013 Comments Off on Engineering Dominates Top-Paying Majors
Geeks rule when it comes to starting salaries for new college graduates. Engineering majors claimed seven spots on the list of top 10 highest paying majors for 2012-13 bachelor’s degree graduates, according to the National Association of Colleges and Employers April 2013 Salary Survey. You can make all the nerd jokes you want, but these […]
Continue reading …- Celebrating the Resilience of Low-Income Women
- CEOs Get to Retire Comfortably. Workers Like Me Deserve the Same.
- Jobs Increased 339,000 In May, Unemployment Up 0.3% To 3.7%
- The decline of job creation at new establishments
- Contractor faces 2 serious citations after US Department of Labor finds safety failures led to welder’s death at Bonner Bridge demolition project
- Investigation into worker’s severe arm injury finds Cusseta auto parts manufacturer, supplier willfully ignored safety precautions
- ‘It’s a sweat factory’: Instacart workers ready to strike for pay and conditions
- Ships backed up outside US ports pumping out pollutants as they idle
- Privacy fears as Moscow metro rolls out facial recognition pay system
- ‘We are not machines’: Hollywood workers poised to strike for better conditions
- Boeing pilot indicted for allegedly deceiving US regulators over 737 Max
- Ipswich apprentice butcher encourages others to consider industry
- Ipswich apprentice butcher encourages others to consider industry
- Over 10,000 John Deere workers strike over ‘years’ of poor treatment
- Corporations are pledging to be ‘water positive’. What does that mean?
- US Department of Labor investigation of crane collapse, double fatality on Interstate 10 finds Lufkin company failed to assemble crane properly
- For the 6th time in 7 years, federal inspectors find Illinois contractor putting construction workers at risk of industry’s deadliest hazard
- US Department of Labor proposes $83K in fines to healthcare facility for failing to protect workers from coronavirus hazards
- Facebook says it will do more to prevent online hate, harassment
- As U.S. prepares to reopen border, some urge Canada to relax testing requirement
- Biden orders companies to ease supply chain bottlenecks or he’ll ‘call them out’
- What is the ‘new model’ the EU is proposing for Northern Ireland?
- Apple to make 10 million fewer iPhones due to microchip shortage
- US Department of Labor, Mexican Consulate in Boston enter alliance to promote workplace safety, health among New England’s workers
- US Department of Labor sues Austin luxury car dealer that retaliated against employee who raised concerns of coronavirus hazards
- Vaccine hesitant New Yorkers consider leaving the city as mandates take effect
- Carbon emissions ‘will drop just 40% by 2050 with countries’ current pledges’
- House passes bill to raise US debt ceiling through early December
- ‘The stakes couldn’t be higher’: GE urged to invest in green US jobs
- Zellers returns — kind of — but the lowest price isn't quite the law
- Cement makers across world pledge large cut in emissions by 2030
- India faces electricity crisis as coal supplies run critically low
- California justice department to investigate enormous oil spill