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APRIL JOBS REPORT: STRONG JOB GROWTH AS WORKERS DEMAND BETTER JOBS

Jobs, unemployment, unemployment insurance / By max cyril

Nationwide—The unemployment rate remained at 3.6% in April according to this morning’s monthly jobs report. Approximately 428,000 jobs were produced, and 5.9 million workers remained unemployed. The unemployment rate for Black workers declined slightly, from 6.2% to 5.9%, yet the Black unemployment rate remained substantially higher than the rate for white workers (3.2%). The unemployment rate for …

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The Art of Writing a Resignation Letter – For Leaving on Good or Bad Terms

job search, Jobs, References, resignation / By max cyril

Resignation Letters – Good Examples from Allison & Taylor, The Reference Checking Company While crafting a resignation letter is simple enough when you’re leaving an employer on civil terms, what do you do if you’re parting on less than favorable circumstances? Writing a resignation note in anger or haste could become an action you will …

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How Workers Can Leverage “The Great Resignation”

benefits, Compensation, job search, Jobs / By max cyril

We all know that the COVID-19 pandemic changed our lives in myriad ways. But now that we are truly beginning to adjust to the new post-pandemic normal, many workers are realizing that not every pandemic-related change was bad. In fact, many have realized that their work lives before the outbreak simply weren’t working for them. …

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For 2nd straight month, Americans quit jobs at a record pace

Leave a Comment / Job Market, Jobs / By max cyril

The figures point to a historic level of turmoil in the job market as newly-empowered workers quit jobs to take higher pay that is being dangled by businesses in need of help Americans quit their jobs at a record pace for the second straight month in September, in many cases for more money elsewhere as …

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The big takeaways from Biden’s jobs report bust

Leave a Comment / economy, Jobs, Uncategorized / By max cyril

Women, teachers and health care employees all suffered from the slow rebound last month. The labor market recovery that President Joe Biden has promised slowed again in September, with a weaker-than-expected 194,000 new jobs created. That suggests school reopenings and the end of generous federal jobless benefits haven’t brought enough Americans back into the labor …

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We Have a Jobs Crisis and an Environmental Crisis. The Answer to Both Is a Civilian Climate Corps.

Nevada hospitality workers get ‘right to return,’ this week in the war on workers

June jobs report shows an unexpectedly strong 850,000 new jobs

Leave a Comment / Jobs, unemployment / By max cyril

The U.S. economy is up 850,000 jobs, according to the June jobs report, and the past two months’ jobs reports were adjusted upward by 15,000. June’s jobs report is the strongest result in 10 months. The unemployment rate rose slightly, to 5.9%, while the number of people who have been jobless for six months or more rose to …

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U.S. added 559,000 jobs in May and unemployment dropped to 5.8%

Leave a Comment / economy, Jobs, unemployment / By max cyril

After a disappointing April jobs report, May looked significantly better with 559,000 new jobs added to the economy, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics. That’s still a little short of the 650,000 jobs analysts predicted, but unemployment ticked down from 6.1% to 5.8%, the lowest since the coronavirus pandemic began in March 2020. “America is on the …

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Jobless Americans face debt crunch without more federal aid as bills come due

Leave a Comment / economy, Federal Government, Federal loans, job search, Jobs / By max cyril

A new phase of the economic crisis is looming for the winner of Tuesday’s presidential election: potentially massive defaults by jobless Americans on consumer loans as the chances for more federal relief this year diminish. Both President Donald Trump and Democrat Joe Biden have called for robust new rescue packages for an economy still suffering …

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