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• Jobs report: Rochester has added 2200 positions - Rochester Democrat and Chronicle (blog)

  22-07-2016 23:48 via democratandchronicle.com
  
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  Jobs report: Rochester has added 2200 positions
  Rochester Democrat and Chronicle (blog)
  The Rochester area generated 2,200 more jobs in June when compared to June 2015, according to the latest statistics released by the New York labor department. The figure, released this week, does not include farm-related jobs, only private sector and ...
  
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• Florida's jobs agency gives checks to departing employees - Madison.com

  22-07-2016 23:32 via host.madison.com
  
  Florida's jobs agency gives checks to departing employees
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  TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — Amid a major shakeup pushed by Gov. Rick Scott, the Florida agency responsible for luring jobs to the state is paying nearly a half-million dollars to departing employees. Florida taxpayers are picking up the majority of the ...and more »
  
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• Stay Curious: How to Make Sure Everyone Gets Along at Work

  22-07-2016 22:46 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  When we talk about people in terms of personality types, the big two categories are introvert and extrovert. However, according to more than a few studies, our common belief that everyone can be sorted into one of these two boxes is a flawed one. In reality, there are very few "pure extroverts" or "pure introverts."Erin Wortham, people engagement manager at people ...
  
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• New York has more private sector jobs than ever before - PolitiFact

  22-07-2016 22:41 via politifact.com
  
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  New York has more private sector jobs than ever before
  PolitiFact
  During a press briefing in Ontario County earlier this month, Cuomo touted New York State's economy. He cited labor force numbers when asked about a report on the START-UP NY program. The program produced fewer jobs in the past year than some ...and more »
  
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• Jobs growth remains strong in tri-county area - Sun Sentinel

  22-07-2016 21:56 via sun-sentinel.com
  
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  Jobs growth remains strong in tri-county area
  Sun Sentinel
  The tri-county region's success with year-over-year jobs creation continued in June, as unemployment rates fell again and nearly all industries continued hiring, according to the state's monthly employment report released Friday. June's jobless rate ...and more »
  
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• People Who Live Here Hate Their Jobs the Most - Money Magazine

  22-07-2016 21:47 via time.com
  
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  People Who Live Here Hate Their Jobs the Most
  Money Magazine
  The middle-class factory job might have reached iconic status here, but today, people in the onetime automotive capital of the U.S. are just fed up at work. According to a new study of social media sentiment from Monster and Brandwatch, Michigan ...
  
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• Off-Grid LED Lighting Could Create 2 Million Jobs - Greentech Media

  22-07-2016 21:38 via greentechmedia.com
  
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  Off-Grid LED Lighting Could Create 2 Million Jobs
  Greentech Media
  Even more local job potential as off-grid solar systems come on-line across the globe. by Katherine Tweed July 22, 2016. Off-Grid LED Lighting Could Create 2 Million Jobs. Even more local job potential as off-grid solar systems come on-line across the ...and more »
  
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• Led by growth in the suburbs, the DC area is adding jobs faster than the rest of the country - Washington Post

  22-07-2016 21:25 via washingtonpost.com
  
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  Led by growth in the suburbs, the DC area is adding jobs faster than the rest of the country
  Washington Post
  The D.C. metropolitan area added an impressive 81,100 jobs in the one-year period ending in June, a 2.4 percent employment growth rate that handily outstripped the nation, according to government data released Friday. Unemployment rates remained low ...
  Rhode Island gained 1700 jobs in June; unemployment rate ticks upThe Providence Journal
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• Ohio gained 12400 jobs in June; unemployment rate 5.0% - cleveland.com

  22-07-2016 21:13 via cleveland.com
  
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  Ohio gained 12400 jobs in June; unemployment rate 5.0%
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  CLEVELAND, Ohio – Ohio gained 12,400 jobs in June, the Oho Department of Job and Family Services reported Friday. The unemployment rate was 5.0 percent, down from 5.1 percent in May. Ohio's unemployment rate in June 2015 was 4.8 percent.
  Maryland adds 9800 jobs in June; unemployment rate falls to 4.3 percentBaltimore Sun
  Unemployment rises in Texas in June, as state adds more leisure jobsDallas Morning News
  
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• Amazon adding 5000 Pa. jobs - York Daily Record/Sunday News

  22-07-2016 20:52 via ydr.com
  
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  Amazon adding 5000 Pa. jobs
  York Daily Record/Sunday News
  Amazon.com Inc. will add at least new 5,000 full-time jobs in Pennsylvania over three years and keep its existing 8,200 jobs in the state for seven years. Loading… Post to Facebook. Amazon adding 5,000 Pa. jobs Amazon.com Inc. will add at least new 5 ...
  Wolf: Amazon pledges 5K new jobs statewideCentral Penn Business Journal
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• Louisiana loses 12400 jobs over past 12 months - The Advocate

  22-07-2016 19:55 via theadvocate.com
  
  Louisiana loses 12400 jobs over past 12 months
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• The Value of Listening to Employee Feedback

  22-07-2016 19:51 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  In every relationship, we all want to feel valued. We all want to feel useful. We want to feel understood, acknowledged, and included. This is true even in the workplace.When a company starts to think about where it will be in five or ten years, reaching out to employees for their input goes a long way toward making them feel all of those things.Finding ways to engage with ...
  
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• Despite Optimism, Oil Firms Keep Cutting Jobs - Wall Street Journal

  22-07-2016 19:51 via wsj.com
  
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  Despite Optimism, Oil Firms Keep Cutting Jobs
  Wall Street Journal
  Energy companies continued to cut thousands of jobs during the second quarter, even though many chief executives are now voicing optimism that the oil market crash is ending and a rebound in drilling is afoot. Although the heads of Halliburton Co.
  Schlumberger, FMC, ConocoPhillips cut 10000 more jobs while hoping the worst is overHouston Chronicleall 137 news articles »
  
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• Why HR is Important – Even for Startups

  22-07-2016 19:33 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  HR is relevant and necessary – even for startups. Many startup owners assume they don't have to worry about HR functions until later on, when they've grown – but that's simply not true. When it's difficult to manage the paperwork and compliance forms, even something as (seemingly) simple as recruiting and hiring 
  
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• Dave Franco Says He Used to Rent VHS Tapes to Steve Jobs - and He Racked Up Late Fees for Rainbow Brite - People Magazine

  22-07-2016 19:21 via people.com
  
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  Dave Franco Says He Used to Rent VHS Tapes to Steve Jobs - and He Racked Up Late Fees for Rainbow Brite
  People Magazine
  In an interview on Jimmy Kimmel Live! this week, the Nerve star, 31, told a funny story about how Steve Jobs would come into the video store that employed him years ago. "My first job ever I was 14, I was working at a mom and pop video store," Franco says.
  
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• Inland Empire added 2100 farming jobs in June - The Desert Sun

  22-07-2016 19:11 via desertsun.com
  
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  Inland Empire added 2100 farming jobs in June
  The Desert Sun
  Riverside and San Bernardino county businesses added a total of 700 jobs in between May and June, according to data released Friday by California's Employment Development Department. Non-farm businesses posted a net loss of 1,400 jobs. Education ...and more »
  
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• Minnesota adds 7300 jobs in June as jobless rates stays at 3.8 percent - Brainerd Dispatch

  22-07-2016 19:01 via brainerddispatch.com
  
  Minnesota adds 7300 jobs in June as jobless rates stays at 3.8 percent
  Brainerd Dispatch
  ST. PAUL – Minnesota employers added 7,300 jobs in June, according to seasonally adjusted figures released today by the Minnesota Department of Employment and Economic Development. Those gains, however, were largely offset by figures from May ...and more »
  
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• TAtech Tip: Engage in Re-Recruitment

  22-07-2016 18:48 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Winston Churchill once opined, "To improve is to change, so to be perfect is to have changed often." That may now be the mantra of top talent, as it has become increasingly common for them to change their minds and go elsewhere after accepting an offer. How can you protect yourself from this new recruiting plague of now-you-have-them, now-you-don't? Engage in re-recruitment.During the tight talent market of the dot-com ...
  
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• Preliminary estimate shows Wisconsin added 10900 private-sector jobs in June - Madison.com

  22-07-2016 18:30 via host.madison.com
  
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  Preliminary estimate shows Wisconsin added 10900 private-sector jobs in June
  Madison.com
  Job seekers Isiah Harris, right, and Jermaine James, left, take part in a job training exercise through Forward Service Corp. along Verona Road in Madison in May. prev. next. Wisconsin was again among the top half of states for 12-month job growth in ...
  
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• 14 employers look to fill 300 jobs - Local 8 Now

  22-07-2016 18:04 via local8now.com
  
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  14 employers look to fill 300 jobs
  Local 8 Now
  KNOXVILLE, Tenn.-- The Tennessee American Job Center- Knoxville is hosting the Multi-Employer HIring Event on Tuesday, July 26. The event is set for 9:00 a.m. at 2700 Middlebrook Pike on the first floor. Fourteen employers will be looking to fill 300 ...
  
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• Is China Stealing Jobs? It May Be Losing Them, Instead - New York Times

  22-07-2016 17:59 via nytimes.com
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  Is China Stealing Jobs? It May Be Losing Them, Instead
  New York Times
  A Foxconn employee in China in 2012. Foxconn, the Taiwanese manufacturer best known for making Apple iPhones in Chinese factories, is planning to build as many as 12 new assembly plants in India. Credit Agence France-Presse — Getty Images.
  
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• Minnesota adds 7300 jobs in June - Post-Bulletin

  22-07-2016 17:58 via postbulletin.com
  
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  Minnesota adds 7300 jobs in June
  Post-Bulletin
  ST. PAUL — Minnesota added 7,300 jobs in June, according to seasonally adjusted figures released Thursday by the Minnesota Department of Employment and Economic Development. However, those gains were offset largely by figures from May that were ...
  Minnesota adds 7300 jobs in June as jobless rates stays at 3.8 percentBrainerd Dispatchall 4 news articles »
  
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• Lufthansa to Eliminate 700 Jobs at Engine-Maintenance Division - Bloomberg

  22-07-2016 17:57 via bloomberg.com
  
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  Lufthansa to Eliminate 700 Jobs at Engine-Maintenance Division
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  Deutsche Lufthansa AG's plane-servicing business is cutting 700 engine-maintenance jobs as new, low-maintenance engines and fresh competitors put a dent in earnings at its most profitable unit. Close all those tabs. Open this email. Get Bloomberg's ...
  Lufthansa Technik to cut 700 jobs in engine overhaul operationsEconomic Timesall 2 news articles »
  
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• Paul Mitchell Co-Founder: American Jobs Can't Easily be Brought Back - Fox Business

  22-07-2016 17:23 via foxbusiness.com
  
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  Paul Mitchell Co-Founder: American Jobs Can't Easily be Brought Back
  Fox Business
  Paul Mitchell Co-Founder John Paul DeJoria on how Donald Trump's policies would impact business if he is elected. Paul Mitchell Co-Founder: American Jobs Can't Easily be Brought Back. By Matthew Wisner Published July 22, 2016 Small Business ...and more »
  
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• Unemployment rises in Texas in June, as state adds more leisure jobs - Dallas Morning News

  22-07-2016 17:10 via dallasnews.com
  
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  Unemployment rises in Texas in June, as state adds more leisure jobs
  Dallas Morning News
  A woman models clothing that is inappropriate for work during an educational fashion show for the Mayor's Intern Fellows program, on Tuesday, June 07, 2016 at Yvonne A. Ewell Townview Magnet Center in Dallas. The work attire fashion show informed ...
  Maryland adds 9800 jobs in June; unemployment rate falls to 4.3 percentBaltimore Sun
  State gains 7200 jobs in June, S.A. sees a lossmy
  
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• Wolf: Ethane cracker will bring jobs for years - StateImpact Pennsylvania

  22-07-2016 15:38 via stateimpact.npr.org
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  Wolf: Ethane cracker will bring jobs for years
  StateImpact Pennsylvania
  Gov. Tom Wolf hosted a roundtable discussion in Beaver County Thursday to tout the economic benefits of the ethane cracker plant Shell is planning to build. Note: This story is from The Allegheny Front, a public radio program covering environmental ...and more »
  
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• 370 workers out of jobs as Progresso closes N.J. factory | Your comments - NJ.com

  22-07-2016 14:33 via nj.com
  
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  370 workers out of jobs as Progresso closes N.J. factory | Your comments
  NJ.com
  General Mills announced Thursday its tentative plans to close its Progresso plant in Vineland — affecting 370 jobs. The plant dates back to 1942 and was featured in a recent advertising campaign by Progresso. The closing is expected to be complete by ...
  General Mills Is Slashing 1400 Jobs and Closing PlantsFortune
  General Mills to Cut 1400 Jobs as It Closes Plants World-WideWall Street Journal
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• Harford reducing number of parks and recreation maintenance jobs, relying more on contractors - Baltimore Sun

  22-07-2016 14:19 via baltimoresun.com
  
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  Harford reducing number of parks and recreation maintenance jobs, relying more on contractors
  Baltimore Sun
  Barry Hart, a nine-year employee with Harford County Department of Parks and Recreation, mows the ball fields off Belcamp Garth in Belcamp Thursday. Harford County is turning more mowing over to contractors as employees retire or leave for other jobs.
  
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• San Diego Climate Plan Means Big Potential for Jobs - Next City

  22-07-2016 13:04 via nextcity.org
  
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  San Diego Climate Plan Means Big Potential for Jobs
  Next City
  If you're poor in the United States, chances are you live in a neighborhood with higher amounts of harmful air particles than communities with higher incomes. That means more stress, more health problems and more medical bills eating away at your ...and more »
  
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• Two LI nonprofits hold hiring fair to fill 75 to 100 jobs - Newsday

  22-07-2016 12:41 via newsday.com
  
  Two LI nonprofits hold hiring fair to fill 75 to 100 jobs
  Newsday
  Two Long Island agencies that serve people with special needs are teaming up for an employment open house on July 28 to fill dozens of job openings, the groups said. Old Bethpage-based Family Residences and Essential Enterprises, known by its ...
  
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• In Backyard of RNC, Drugs, Vanishing Jobs Strain Rural America - Bloomberg

  22-07-2016 12:01 via bloomberg.com
  
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  In Backyard of RNC, Drugs, Vanishing Jobs Strain Rural America
  Bloomberg
  Hannah Harmon's children are playing outside the clinic in southeast Ohio where she gets family counseling twice a month. Staff keep an eye on them as the parking lot fills up with patients seeking dental fillings, pain pills and sympathy. Harmon has ...and more »
  
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• State Employee Unions Continue Fight To Restore Jobs - CT Newsjunkie

  22-07-2016 11:33 via ctnewsjunkie.com
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  State Employee Unions Continue Fight To Restore Jobs
  CT Newsjunkie
  One Connecticut union launched a television campaign while another has filed grievances in an effort to get some of the 1,125 laid-off state employees their jobs back. As of July 14, the executive branch has laid off 825 state employees and the ...and more »
  
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• Commentary: Shale revolution fulfills promise on jobs, energy, environment - Philly.com

  22-07-2016 09:01 via philly.com
  
  Commentary: Shale revolution fulfills promise on jobs, energy, environment
  Philly.com
  While the daily headlines and nonstop, 24-hour news cycles focus overwhelmingly on issues that often divide the nation, it can be easy to lose sight of where common ground exists and what shared commitments bring us together. And there's more that ...
  
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• 'America First': Donald Trump Touts Jobs Plan in RNC Speech - Fox Business

  22-07-2016 05:34 via foxbusiness.com
  
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  'America First': Donald Trump Touts Jobs Plan in RNC Speech
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  Republican Presidential Candidate Donald Trump, speaks during the final day of the Republican National Convention in Cleveland, Thursday, July 21, 2016. (AP Photo/John Locher). 'America First': Donald Trump Touts Jobs Plan in RNC Speech. By Matthew ...and more »
  
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• 6 takeaways from Minnesota's June jobs report - Minneapolis Star Tribune

  22-07-2016 03:35 via startribune.com
  
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  6 takeaways from Minnesota's June jobs report
  Minneapolis Star Tribune
  Jeff Wheeler Ed Forde, center, finished filling out an application in June while at a job fair in Falcon Heights with Keyara Clardy, left, and Carter Vitelli. Text size. comment. share. tweet. email. Print. more. Share on: Share on LinkedIn Share on ...and more »
  
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• Schlumberger, FMC, ConocoPhillips cut 10000 more jobs while hoping the worst is over - Houston Chronicle

  22-07-2016 03:14 via houstonchronicle.com
  
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  Schlumberger, FMC, ConocoPhillips cut 10000 more jobs while hoping the worst is over
  Houston Chronicle
  Three Houston energy companies said Thursday that they cut another 10,000 jobs as the industry continues to seek a bottom to the worst oil bust in 30 years. The disclosures by Schlumberger, ConocoPhillips and FMC Technologies came after Houston oil ...
  Despite Optimism, Oil Firms Keep Cutting JobsWall Street Journalall 136 news articles »
  
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• Connecticut adds 7900 jobs in June, but unemployment rate increases slightly - New Haven Register

  22-07-2016 03:03 via nhregister.com
  
  Connecticut adds 7900 jobs in June, but unemployment rate increases slightly
  New Haven Register
  Connecticut's economy added 7,900 jobs in June, but the unemployment rate increased slightly despite the employment gains, officials with the state Department of Labor said Thursday. The unemployment rate for June was 5.8 percent, one-tenth of a ...
  
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