The job market got two optimistic signs Thursday as private sector employers added 157,000 positions in June and fewer people filed new claims for unemployment benefits, according to two reports. Payroll processing company ADP said private jobs grew rapidly in June — a figure that was much higher than expected and more than four times [...]
When someone asks Roger Fierro “What do you do?” — which he knows is shorthand for “Where do you work?” — he laughs. Then he says, “I do everything.” Mr. Fierro, who is 26, has four jobs: working as a bilingual-curriculum specialist for the textbook publisher Pearson; handling estate sales and online marketing for a [...]
Folks who turned to the sky Saturday evening looking for Harold Camping’s Rapture prediction to come true were prepared to travel light. A number of them had no jobs and no belongings: They were ready to be swept up into Heaven. Trouble is, Camping’s prediction was a bust, and his loyal followers who gave up [...]
Syndi Blatt and Gail Fine from UnemployedWoman.com tell us about what their website does for out of work women.
The cost of benefits continues to drive up employee compensation costs, according to a report released Friday by the U.S. Labor Department. Over the last 12 months, total compensation—which includes salaries, wages and benefits—rose 2%. The rise was primarily due to a 3% rise in benefit expenses, the report said. In addition to health insurance, [...]
Employers plan to hire 19.3% more recent graduates this year, says a report by the National Association of Colleges and Employers. The association surveyed 174 schools from February through April. The increase in open positions means employers have half as many applicants per job now than at this time last year: 21.1 applicants this year [...]
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Over 1,300 Philly jobs are available after the Golden Arches announced 50,000 job openings. The fast food giant will hold a countrywide job fair on April 19.
Unemployment rates are falling in most metro areas across the country, suggesting that recent nationwide gains in hiring are widespread and not limited to a few healthy regions. More than three-quarters of the nation’s 372 largest metro areas reported lower unemployment rates in February than the previous month, the Labor Department said Wednesday. That’s the [...]
Fast-food chain McDonald’s Corp announced a one-day spring hiring spree aimed at fighting the use of the term “McJob” as shorthand for describing low-wage, dead-end work. The global restaurant chain said it plans to hire as many as 50,000 new U.S. employees — ranging from restaurant crew to managers — on April 19. The move [...]
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