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TechNet study shows lift in demand for skills in sector. 8 Feb 2012 1:42 PM

Some college degrees are better than others when it comes to employment, a recent study shows

Silicon Valley is creating jobs and wealth for highly skilled workers but may be leaving some residents behind as employment closes in on pre-Great Recession levels, according to a report released Tuesday.

The government predicts that healthcare occupations will be booming, while postal service jobs will disappear ReutersIf you're looking for guaranteed employment during the next eight years, become a nurse. ...

Are we seeing simply a flash in the pan or do you think we are at the start of a renaissance in American manufacturing?

The BLS predicts these 20 jobs will be swept away in the next several years.

EVANSTON, Ill., Feb. 7, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Following several years of declines, manufacturing employment in Illinois rose a half percent over the past twelve months according to the 100th anniversary ...

The January jobs report — 243,000 jobs added — was greeted with widespread relief. The economists over at the Wall Street Journal were virtually giddy : “a game changer,” “positive report in really every way,” “strength is everywhere,” “a blow-out number.” Liberal analysts celebrated its effects on Obama’s reelection prospects. Matt Yglesias hailed “recovery winter,” arguing that barring “some ...

PHOENIX, Feb. 7, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- While unemployment rates continue to be at an all-time high, America is not getting back to work fast enough. Arizona leads the country in unemployment numbers and ...

MELVILLE, N.Y., Feb. 7, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- With the 2012 election season in full swing, the economy continues to be one of the biggest factors impacting Americans' choice for president, with 49 percent ...

Rochester High School senior Grant Winning spent nine months looking for a part-time job before being hired as a cashier at County Market, 2777 S. Sixth St., in August. His struggle to find work is mirrored by teens throughout Illinois. Northeastern University’s Center for Labor Market Studies reported last week that only 27.5 percent of teens in Illinois had jobs last year.

NZD/USD: Trading the New Zealand Employment Report

The PGA of America's 11th Annual Jobs in Golf Month takes place throughout the month of February.

NEW YORK and BOSTON, Feb. 6, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Leading law firm Seyfarth Shaw LLP announced that Lisa J. Damon, Chair of the firm's national Labor & Employment Department, has been selected by global ...

Fifty percent of net new jobs since 2010 went to Hispanics. How come?ReutersAlthough Latinos make up only a seventh of the population, they have "racked up half the employment gains posted since the ...

TrimTabs' January jobs estimate that showed the U.S. economy added only 45,000 new jobs.?? But ADP Says 170k and BLS 243k Who's right?

WASHINGTON (MarketWatch) -- For the fourth month of gains, a gauge of employment trends rose in January, indicating that "somewhat more robust job growth" is likely to continue this quarter, but may then fall off, according to a monthly labor-market report released Monday by the Conference Board. The private research group said its employment-trends index, which is designed to forecast turning ...

NEW YORK, Feb. 6, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- The Conference Board Employment Trends Index™ (ETI) increased 0.73% in January to 105.81, from the revised figure of 105.04 in December. The January figure is also ...

("Nabors Former CEO Ends Employment Pact, Waives Right To $100M," published at 7:47 a.m. EST, misstated the year in the fifth paragraph. A corrected version follows:)