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The manufacturing sector has taken its hits. Fifty years ago, a third of U.S. jobs were in manufacturing. Now even with the recent rebound, they account for just 9 percent, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Manufacturers shed 5.8 million...
Finding quality employment for our nation's veterans is a challenge. According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, 14.7% of Iraq and Afghanistan veterans are unemployed long term (April 2010). The Bureau also reports that the unemployment rate in the...
A job searcher waits in a line as a company job listing flashes on a TV screen at the North Metro Department of Labor Career Center in Atlanta, Georgia, December 1, 2011. The monthly Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) Employment Situation is a heavily... View Photo »
In January 2001, a month after Perry took office, there were 10,023,806 jobs in Texas, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. In August 2011, Texas had 11,216,227 jobs. That’s 1,192,421 new jobs in Texas while Perry has been governor. His record on job creation was the thing that won us over
According to Michael Lombardi, lead contributor to popular financial newsletter Profit Confidential, the drop in the unemployment rate was aided significantly by the fact that many Americans have simply given up looking for work. The Bureau of Labor...
Confidential, the drop in the unemployment rate was aided significantly by the fact that many Americans have simply given up looking for work. “Those who have stopped looking for work are removed from the job numbers,” says Lombardi. Lombardi points out...
For decades, the United States has gradually shifted from creating goods to providing services, and that makes efforts to boost manufacturing today a tough sell. Fifty years ago, a third of U.S. jobs were in manufacturing. Now, they account for just 9...
Job searchers look through job listings at the North Metro Department of Labor Career Center in Atlanta, Georgia, December 1, 2011. The monthly Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) Employment Situation is a heavily analyzed report, considered to be one of... View Photo »
It's a paradox, too. Even as cutbacks in Medicaid and other programs gouge hospital budgets, and overall health care demand slackens as penny-pitching patients put off procedures in a bad economy, hospitals are creating new jobs: a net gain of 95,000 this year, 13,000 of them in September and 6,600 in O...
Do you specifically like to design, brainstorm, innovate, troubleshoot, think critically, and analyze information? According to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, individuals in STEM careers earn about 70 percent more than the national average. In...
While few in number, research jobs tend to be high-paying, high-skilled jobs that fuel the economy. The average annual salary is $101,000, nearly double the average annual pay of $52,271, according to Bureau of Labor Statistics. These also are the...
The Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS), a unit of the United States Department of Labor, is the principal fact-finding agency for the U.S. government in the broad field of labor economics and statistics. The BLS is an independent national statistical agency that collects, processes, analyzes, and disseminates essential statistical data to the... Full Article
WASHINGTON, DC - NOVEMBER 04: Keith Hall, commissioner of the Bureau of Labor Statistics, testifies during a Joint Economic Committee hearing at the U.S. Capitol on November 4, 2011 in Washington, DC. The committee is hearing testimony on the unemployment numbers for October 2011.
View Photo »Bureau of Labor Statistics Commissioner Keith Hall, center, talks to Jack Galvin, right, the BLS acting deputy commissioner, during a break in their testimony before the Joint Economic Committee's hearing on the October unemployment report, Friday, Nov. 4, 2011, on Capitol Hill in Washington...
View Photo »Bureau of Labor Statistics Commissioner Keith Hall pauses during a break in his testimony before the Joint Economic Committee's hearing on the October unemployment report, Friday, Nov. 4, 2011, on Capitol Hill in Washington.
View Photo »WASHINGTON, DC - AUGUST 05: Keith Hall, commissioner of the Labor Department's Bureau of Labor Statistics, testifies before the Joint Economic Committee regarding 'The Employment Situation: July 2011' on Capitol Hill August 5, 2011 in Washington, DC. Hall spoke primarily about the...
View Photo »WASHINGTON, DC - MAY 06: Keith Hall (R), Commissioner of the Bureau of Labor Statistics, confers with Mike Horrigan, Associate Commissioner of the Bureau of Labor Statistics, during a Joint Economic Committee hearing, on May 6, 2011 in Washington, DC. The committee is hearing testimony...
View Photo »WASHINGTON, DC - MAY 06: Keith Hall, Commissioner of the Labor Department's Bureau of Labor Statistics, participates in a Joint Economic Committee hearing, on May 6, 2011 in Washington, DC. The committee is hearing testimony on newly released employment figures for April from the...
View Photo »WASHINGTON, DC - SEPTEMBER 22: (L-R) U.S. Labor Secretary Hilda Solis, Deputy Energy Secretary Daniel Poneman, and Commissioner of the Bureau of Labor Statistics Keith Hall testify during a hearing before the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee September 22, 2011 on...
View Photo »Bureau of Labor Statistics Commissioner Keith Hall testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington, Friday, April 1, 2011, before the Joint Economic Committee. Data released today by the Labor Department reveals that the unemployment rate fell to a two-year low of 8.8 percent in March and...
View Photo »A job searcher waits in a line as a company job listing flashes on a TV screen at the North Metro Department of Labor Career Center in Atlanta, Georgia, December 1, 2011. The monthly Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) Employment Situation is a heavily analyzed report, considered to be one...
View Photo »Job searchers look through job listings at the North Metro Department of Labor Career Center in Atlanta, Georgia, December 1, 2011. The monthly Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) Employment Situation is a heavily analyzed report, considered to be one of the best ways to understand the...
View Photo »NEW YORK, NY - OCTOBER 06: People wait in line to receive free milk from the Milk from the Heart program which makes weekly deliveries to Washington Heights and 12 other locations in Manhattan and the Bronx on October 6, 2011 in New York City. As the economy throughout the nation...
View Photo »NEW YORK, NY - OCTOBER 06: Quarts of milk sit in a cooler for the Milk from the Heart program which makes weekly deliveries to Washington Heights and 12 other locations in Manhattan and the Bronx on October 6, 2011 in New York City. As the economy throughout the nation struggles,...
View Photo »SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO, CA - AUGUST 04: A job seeker meets with recruiters during the Catalyst Career Group job fair on August 4, 2011 in South San Francisco, California. The Employment Situation report for July, 2011 by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics is scheduled to be released...
View Photo »SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO, CA - AUGUST 04: A job seeker waits in line to meet with a recruiter from The Art Institute during the Catalyst Career Group job fair on August 4, 2011 in South San Francisco, California. The Employment Situation report for July, 2011 by the U.S. Bureau of Labor...
View Photo »ARLINGTON, VA - AUGUST 04: Job seekers line up before entering a career fair hosted by National Career Fairs August 4, 2011 in Arlington, Virginia. The Employment Situation report for July, 2011 by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics is scheduled to be released tomorrow.
View Photo »ARLINGTON, VA - AUGUST 04: Job seekers register at the front desk during a career fair hosted by National Career Fairs August 4, 2011 in Arlington, Virginia. The Employment Situation report for July, 2011 by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics is scheduled to be released tomorrow.
View Photo »ARLINGTON, VA - AUGUST 04: Job seeker Jin Liu (2nd L) of Suitland, Maryland, talks to Brenda Tyler (3rd R),Human Resources Specialist of Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation, during a career fair hosted by National Career Fairs August 4, 2011 in Arlington, Virginia. The Employment...
View Photo »In this Aug. 3, 2011, photo Jim Capannari makes ice cream at his shop in Mount Prospect, Ill. While milk prices are almost 40 percent over the past year the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics says the cost of ice cream is up just 7 percent over that time. Prices have been driven up by...
View Photo »WASHINGTON, DC - JUNE 03: House Speaker John Boehner (R-OH)(R) walks into a news conference followed by Rep. Cathy Mcmorris (R-WA)(2nd-R), Majority Leader Eric Cantor (R-VA)(C), Majority Whip Kevin McCarthy (R-CA)(2nd-L), and Rep.Jeb Hensarling (R-TX)(L), at the U.S. Capitol, on June...
View Photo »WASHINGTON, DC - JUNE 03: (L to R) House Speaker John Boehner (R-OH), Majority Leader Eric Cantor (R-VA, and U.S. Rep. Cathy Mcmorris (R-WA),(R) participate in a news conference at the U.S. Capitol, on June 3, 2011 in Washington, DC. The news conference was held to discuss the May 2011...
View Photo »WASHINGTON, DC - JUNE 03: House Speaker John Boehner (R-OH), participates in a news conference at the U.S. Capitol, on June 3, 2011 in Washington, DC. House Speaker Boehner discussed the May 2011 Bureau of Labor Statistics employment report, which was released this morning.
View Photo »WASHINGTON, DC - JUNE 03: Majority Leader Eric Cantor (R-VA) participates in a news conference at the U.S. Capitol, on June 3, 2011 in Washington, DC. The news conference was held to discuss the May 2011 Bureau of Labor Statistics employment report, which was released this morning.
View Photo »WASHINGTON, DC - JUNE 03: U.S. Rep. Jeb Hensarling (R-TX) participates in a news conference at the U.S. Capitol, on June 3, 2011 in Washington, DC. The news conference was held to discuss the May 2011 Bureau of Labor Statistics employment report, which was released this morning.
View Photo »WASHINGTON, DC - JUNE 03: Chief Deputy Whip Peter Roskam (R-IL) participates in a news conference at the U.S. Capitol, on June 3, 2011 in Washington, DC. The news conference was held to discuss the May 2011 Bureau of Labor Statistics employment report, which was released this morning.
View Photo »WASHINGTON, DC - MAY 06: Chairman U.S. Sen. Bob Casey (D-PA), looks overs papers before the start of a Joint Economic Committee hearing, on May 6, 2011 in Washington, DC. The committee is hearing testimony on newly released employment figures for April from the Bureau of Labor Statistics.
View Photo »WASHINGTON, DC - NOVEMBER 04: Keith Hall, commissioner of the Bureau of Labor Statistics, testifies during a Joint Economic Committee hearing at the U.S. Capitol on November 4, 2011 in Washington, DC. The committee is hearing testimony on the unemployment numbers for October 2011.
View Photo »In January 2001, a month after Perry took office, there were 10,023,806 jobs in Texas, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. In August 2011, Texas had 11,216,227 jobs. That’s 1,192,421 new jobs in Texas while Perry has been governor. His record on job creation was the thing that won us over
It's a paradox, too. Even as cutbacks in Medicaid and other programs gouge hospital budgets, and overall health care demand slackens as penny-pitching patients put off procedures in a bad economy, hospitals are creating new jobs: a net gain of 95,000 this year, 13,000 of them in September and 6,600 in O...
Data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics show that very few layoffs are caused principally by tougher rules
