Fast Career Training for Everybody

Posted December 4th, 2009

 
Fast Track Career Training for Almost Everybody
Among the millions of job displaced Americans, people over 50 may have a particularly tough time finding a new job. These people held jobs all across the economic spectrum from manufacturing and service to finance and engineering. So how can a variety of people, with diverse ages, backgrounds, and [...]

Jobless Rate Still Rising - Highest since Early 1980’s in US

Posted September 4th, 2009

Unemployment Is Still Going Up
OK, so long after the US economy showed every sign of tanking, the government and TV pundits were still telling us the nation had not entered a recession. Now the stock market seems to be struggling upwards, and so those same people are standing on their soapboxes with glad tidings. They [...]

US Unemployment at 26 Year High

Posted February 5th, 2009

Unemployment Rates Surge
Update: Friday Feb. 6 - Recession-battered employers eliminated 598,000 jobs in January, the most since the end of 1974, and catapulted the unemployment rate to 7.6 percent. The grim figures were further proof that the nation’s job climate is deteriorating at an alarming clip with no end in sight.
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New state unemployment benefit filings [...]

Financial Crisis and Employment

Posted September 25th, 2008

Have you wondered how the current financial crisis will affect the job market in the US? I imagine that plenty of people on Wall Street will be losing their jobs soon. But will the jobs melt in other places besides lower Manhatten.
More than 600,000 jobs have been lost so far in 2008. That’s so far, [...]