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Train, Don't Complain, Prof Tells Employers
June 12, 2012 Wharton's Peter Cappelli says too many businesses are searching for the "perfect" candidate rather than investing in people and teaching them the skills to do their jobs.
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Dow Plunges; Now In Negative Territory For The Year
June 1, 2012 Investors are reacting to the much-weaker-than-expected report on job growth in May.
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'Lousy' News: Just 69,000 Jobs Added In May; Jobless Rate At 8.2 Percent
June 1, 2012 Both numbers are disappointments. Economists had expected BLS would say the jobless rate was 8.1 percent and that payrolls expanded by at least 150,000 jobs.
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Did Jobs Grow Fast Enough In May? Probably Not
June 1, 2012 Economists expect to hear that a modest 150,000 jobs were added to payrolls last month and that the jobless rate stayed at 8.1 percent. They say employers just aren't adding jobs fast enough to bring unemployment down quickly.
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For Many Teens, Summer Jobs May Be Thing Of The Past
May 31, 2012 A recession and its lingering effects have made it even harder for teens to find summer employment. But the drop off in teen summer hiring predates the recession.
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Just 115,000 Jobs Added Last Month, Jobless Rate Dipped To 8.1 Percent
May 4, 2012 Job growth was weak, but the jobless rate edged down from 8.2 percent in March.
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Unemployment Rate Stayed At 8.3 Percent In February
March 9, 2012 Also, there were 227,000 net jobs added to private and public payrolls last month, the Bureau of Labor Statistics reports.
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House OKs Jobs Bill In 'Rare Agreement' With Obama
March 8, 2012 The "Jumpstart Our Business Startups (JOBS) Act" passed the Republican-controlled House with the administration's support. The legislation's fate is less certain in the Senate, but Democratic leaders have said they will take it up.
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Jobless Rate Dips To 8.5 Percent, 200,000 Jobs Added To Payrolls
January 6, 2012 The unemployment rate is near a three-year low and there were 1.9 million private-sector jobs added to payrolls last year, the Bureau of Labor Statistics says.
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Strong Gain: Employers Added 325,000 Jobs Last Month, Survey Says
January 5, 2012 The ADP National Employment Report signals that the jobless rate likely fell further last month. Meanwhile, the number of claims for unemployment insurance dipped again last week and employers have fewer layoffs planned in coming weeks.
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Unemployment Rate Drops To 8.6 Percent
December 2, 2011 The highly anticipated news brought a surprise: The unemployment rate had been expected to stay at 9 percent. But it fell in part because of an increase in the number of "discouraged" workers. They've given up looking for jobs.
