A survey shows that vacancies advertised in Internet job listings fell by 217,000 in July.
Author: By MOTOKO RICH
Community College as a Bridge to New Skills
Vocational training at community colleges can help workers who have lost what were once steady blue-collar jobs requiring only a high school diploma.
Labor Demand Gets Softer
Job openings were down in April and the number of unemployed for every job opening rose, a Labor Department survey reports.
Explaining the Statistics on Temporary Hires
Debating the numbers used to support an article on temporary employment.
Grim News for Those Out of Job Market
Those workers who were not even counted in the official unemployment rate fared uniformly worse in September.
Jobless Rate Rises in 27 States
Nevada continued to have that highest jobless rate among the states in August, a month in which 27 states reported higher unemployment.
Trend in Temp Hiring Doesn’t Bode Well for Overall Jobs Picture
Temporary help services may have had some of the strongest job growth of any industry in August, but the employment increase still pales in comparison to job growth in the sector earlier this year.
What Friday’s Jobs Report May Hold
The headline number will almost certainly be negative, economists say, but there may be some bright patches between the clouds.