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Millennials emerge as the U.S.’s most confident generation: LinkedIn

Millennials emerge as the U.S.’s most confident generation: LinkedIn

By George Anders, LinkedIn — They’re bartenders, aerospace workers and web developers. They’re YouTube stars, financial analysts and nurses. Look for millennials in the U.S. economy, and you’ll find these workers — ages 25 to 40 — practically everywhere. Even so, in both pre-pandemic and current times, there’s a constant media tendency to treat this […]

Google Full Time Employees Petition Management To Pay Cheated Temps

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Google Full Time Employees Petition Management To Pay Cheated Temps

September 16, 2021 — Dozens of Google full time employees signed a petition addressed to Google’s executives calling for tech giant to immediately pay back all temps, vendors and contractors — referred to as TVCs — who were knowingly underpaid by Google. The petition, sent to Google top executives  Adrienne Crowther, Deepak Negi, Kent Walker, […]

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College Graduate Starting Salaries Climb Even in the Face of the Pandemic

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College Graduate Starting Salaries Climb Even in the Face of the Pandemic

BETHLEHEM, PA — College graduate starting salaries rose, despite the pandemic. Overall, the average starting salary for the college Class of 2020 was $55,260, according to a new report from the National Association of Colleges and Employers (NACE). NACE’s Summer 2021 Salary Survey shows that the new college graduate starting salaries average is 2.5% above […]

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What ‘Common Prosperity’ Means and Why Xi Wants It

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What ‘Common Prosperity’ Means and Why Xi Wants It

Chinese President Xi Jinping is on a campaign to remake the world’s second-biggest economy with an emphasis on “common prosperity.” The hope is that a mix of policy moves, market forces and philanthropy will address the country’s wide and persistent wealth gap, which could become a political threat to the ruling Communist Party if left […]

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Nabisco Workers on Strike Across US ‘No Contracts, No Snacks’

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Nabisco Workers on Strike Across US ‘No Contracts, No Snacks’

By Brett Wilkins, CommonDreams.org. August 20, 2021 — Employees at Nabisco’s flagship plant in Chicago walked off the job Thursday, joining workers at three of the leading snack maker’s other U.S. plants who are demanding better working conditions, an end to foreign outsourcing, and the withdrawal of a company plan that would scrap the company’s […]

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Career mobility – 92% of employers planning to hire in the next three months

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Career mobility – 92% of employers planning to hire in the next three months

Report finds that 92% of employers are planning to hire in the next three months SAN JOSE, Calif., August 19, 2021 — A whopping 92 percent of employers are planning to hire in the next three months – an increase from 87 percent in Q1, outplacement and career mobility provider Randstad RiseSmart today released the […]

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August 20 State Employment and Unemployment Summary

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August 20 State Employment and Unemployment Summary — Unemployment rates were lower in July in 17 states and the District of Columbia and stable in 33 states, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. All 50 states and the District had jobless rate decreases from a year earlier. The national unemployment rate, 5.4 percent, […]

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