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• State: Did we say 16700 jobs lost? We meant 2000 gained - Chicago Tribune

  09-03-2017 23:51 via chicagotribune.com
  
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  State: Did we say 16700 jobs lost? We meant 2000 gained
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  Rory McDermott, an iron worker, works on the major reconstruction of the Uptown Station at Wilson Avenue in Chicago on Tuesday March 7, 2017. (Nancy Stone / Chicago Tribune). Alexia Elejalde-RuizContact ReporterChicago Tribune. What state officials ...
  
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• The 10 Best-Paying Cities For Tech Jobs - Forbes

  09-03-2017 23:31 via forbes.com
  
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  The 10 Best-Paying Cities For Tech Jobs
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  Despite the best efforts of cities like New York and Boston, the West Coast still has a tight grip on the top-paying jobs in technology. Job search website Indeed looked at 18 popular positions in tech and found their average salary in cities across ...
  
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• Final countdown to big jobs Friday — and a rate hike - CNBC

  09-03-2017 23:31 via cnbc.com
  
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  Final countdown to big jobs Friday — and a rate hike
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  Regardless of what Friday's jobs report shows, analysts say the Federal Reserve is intent on raising interest rates next week. The highly anticipated employment report is due for release Friday morning. The consensus forecast of analysts polled by ...
  Jobs Report: Wages Will Set the Tone for FedWall Street Journal (subscription)all 3 news articles »
  
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• Deadly Dispute at Auto Giant Highlights India's Jobs Malaise - Bloomberg

  09-03-2017 23:29 via bloomberg.com
  
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  Deadly Dispute at Auto Giant Highlights India's Jobs Malaise
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  In a crowded court just outside Delhi, the fate of 148 men caught up in a deadly labor dispute at India's largest carmaker is set to be decided, in a case that highlights the unrest rippling across India's industrial landscape. An argument between ...and more »
  
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• Minnesota Lost More Than 8000 Jobs In January - CBS Minnesota / WCCO

  09-03-2017 22:58 via minnesota.cbslocal.com
  
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  Minnesota Lost More Than 8000 Jobs In January
  CBS Minnesota / WCCO
  The Department of Employment and Economic Development (DEED) announced Thursday that state employers cut 8,300 jobs in the first month of 2017 while unemployment remained steady at 4 percent. The national unemployment rate is 4.8 percent.
  Minnesota lost 8300 jobs in January. Which industry was hardest hit?TwinCities.com-Pioneer Press
  Minnesota lost 8300 jobs in JanuaryMinneapolis Star Tribuneall 7 news artic
  
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• How to Navigate the Roadblocks on Your Job Search Road Trip

  09-03-2017 22:36 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  What do a job search and a road trip have in common? A few things: Doing a little research beforehand will shorten their durations, they both sound much more fun than they actually are, and no matter what, both journeys will contain unexpected roadblocks.While we can't help you answer your burning road trip questions (sorry for the tease!), we can offer you advice on getting past the top ...
  
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• Stocks close mostly flat as Wall Street awaits Friday's jobs report - CNBC

  09-03-2017 22:01 via cnbc.com
  
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  Stocks close mostly flat as Wall Street awaits Friday's jobs report
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  The Dow Jones industrial average rose 3 points, with Johnson & Johnson contributing the most gains. The S&P 500 closed above breakeven, with health care leading advancers decliners. The Nasdaq composite eked out a gain. "This is a market that has ...
  Rebound Fizzles Out Despite Jobs Report; Nvidia Rally ContinuesInvestor's Business Daily
  S&P 500 Creeps Higher as Private Sector Growth Bodes Well for Jo
  
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• Why I Stopped Interviewing People – and Started Paying Them $400 Instead

  09-03-2017 22:00 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  A little while ago, I made a bad hire for my company. It was my fault. I didn't do the due diligence properly.Did I fail to interview them? No. In fact, it was precisely the opposite. An interview is exactly what I did do, and I learned very little. Given that our business day in, day out is helping companies hire better people, I should have known ...
  
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• Why You Need To Watch Friday's Jobs Report Like A (Fed) Hawk - Investor's Business Daily

  09-03-2017 21:51 via investors.com
  
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  Why You Need To Watch Friday's Jobs Report Like A (Fed) Hawk
  Investor's Business Daily
  Wall Street economists expect the Labor Department to report a gain of 200,000 jobs in February and a dip in the jobless rate to 4.7%. Average hourly wages are seen rising 0.3% on the month and 2.7% from a year ago. But markets are bracing for an ...and more »
  
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• A Positive Jobs Report Could Mean Interest Rate Hike - Daily Caller

  09-03-2017 21:45 via dailycaller.com
  
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  A Positive Jobs Report Could Mean Interest Rate Hike
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  The Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) will release it's monthly jobs report Friday, and positive numbers could lead to an interest rate hike, according to U.S. Federal Reserve chairwoman Janet Yellen. Yellen said that if Friday's jobs report, released ...
  All eyes on upcoming jobs report as rate hike could become realityNew York Post
  FRB: Speech--Yellen, From Adding Accommodation to Scaling It Back--March 3, 2017Boar
  
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• IMF moving IT jobs to offshore firm - Computerworld

  09-03-2017 21:39 via computerworld.com
  
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  IMF moving IT jobs to offshore firm
  Computerworld
  The International Monetary Fund in Washington is shifting some of its IT work overseas, and somewhere between 100 and 200 IT workers are impacted by this change. The work is being taken over by India-based IT managed services provider L&T Infotech, ...and more »
  
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• Woman Starts Cover Letter, Accidentally Completes Her Autobiography

  09-03-2017 20:47 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Article by Jackie RaeLOS ANGELES, CA — Three days ago, Jackie Rae Aubel, a perpetually unemployed 26-year-old, began writing the cover letter intended to precede her application for the role of development assistant for Amazon Studios. This morning, she woke from a zombie-like trance to learn that instead of writing a brief summation of her job history and qualifications, she had accidentally completed her autobiography."I don't know ...
  
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• Trump is already creating jobs: trader - Yahoo Finance

  09-03-2017 20:42 via finance.yahoo.com
  
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  Trump is already creating jobs: trader
  Yahoo Finance
  Yesterday's ADP jobs report, the first for the Trump administration, showed the “Trump effect”—298,000 versus estimates of 187,000. Any doubt that there would not be a rate hike was wiped out. Odds makers in Chicago are estimating a 91% chance of a ...
  
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• Filling the High-Tech Recruitment Gap by Upskilling Non-STEM Talent

  09-03-2017 20:02 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Free trade pacts and outsourcing are often blamed for the loss of American jobs, but global CEOs at the recent World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, felt that robots, machine learning, and artificial intelligence (AI) will be the main contributors to this problem in the future.Many efficient new technologies are emerging to support humans in manufacturing and business, including robotics, driverless cars, AI systems and 3-D printers. These shifts will obviously result in the crea
  
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• Trump gets a sneak peek at jobs report today - CNNMoney

  09-03-2017 19:22 via money.cnn.com
  
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  Trump gets a sneak peek at jobs report today
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  Americans will have to wait till Friday morning to get the latest news on the health of the U.S. economy via the monthly jobs report. But President Trump gets a sneak peek into the report Thursday. The Labor Department will publish the monthly jobs ...and more »
  
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• Opinion: Falling oil prices could torpedo Trump's promise to create jobs - MarketWatch

  09-03-2017 19:04 via marketwatch.com
  
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  Opinion: Falling oil prices could torpedo Trump's promise to create jobs
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  The main objective of the Trump administration is to increase the number of jobs for Americans, and the president sees an opportunity to do that in the oil industry. A budget proposal from President Trump is expected on March 13, but something ...and more »
  
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• Here's your complete preview of Friday's jobs report - Business Insider

  09-03-2017 18:48 via businessinsider.com
  
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  Here's your complete preview of Friday's jobs report
  Business Insider
  At 8:30 a.m. ET on Friday, the Bureau of Labor Statistics will release its headliner monthly report on America's employment situation. For February, here's what Wall Street is forecasting: Nonfarm payrolls: +200,000; Unemployment rate: 4.7%; Average ...
  The secretive process behind the jobs reportCNNMoney
  Massachusetts adds 13k jobs in January, unemployment risesMassLive.com
  Massachusetts added 13K jobs in Ja
  
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• Trump's Immigration Policy Makes Jobs Goal Even Tougher to Reach - Bloomberg

  09-03-2017 18:31 via bloomberg.com
  
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  Trump's Immigration Policy Makes Jobs Goal Even Tougher to Reach
  Bloomberg
  President Donald Trump's pledge to create 25 million jobs in a decade already faces obstacles ranging from a tight labor market to an aging population. His immigration policy raises the hurdles even higher. Trump, center, during a joint session of ...and more »
  
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• Apply to be Kate Middleton's new secretary or one of these 6 cool, unusual jobs - CNBC

  09-03-2017 18:27 via cnbc.com
  
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  Apply to be Kate Middleton's new secretary or one of these 6 cool, unusual jobs
  CNBC
  After a decade of working for the royal family, Rebecca Deacon is stepping down as Kate Middleton's private secretary, which means The Duchess of Cambridge will be looking for someone new to organize her events and engagements. Moving to London to ...and more »
  
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• 500 employees lose jobs in Jacksonville as part of CSX layoffs - Florida Times-Union

  09-03-2017 18:19 via jacksonville.com
  
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  500 employees lose jobs in Jacksonville as part of CSX layoffs
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  The CSX headquarters building on the St. Johns River on Jacksonville's Northbank. (Bob Self/Florida Times-Union). CSX has finished the layoffs it announced more than two weeks ago. The final numbers: 800 employees lost their jobs, include 500 in ...and more »
  
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• Trump's 'Beachhead:' President Quietly Installs Hundreds in Federal Jobs - Newsweek

  09-03-2017 18:11 via newsweek.com
  
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  Trump's 'Beachhead:' President Quietly Installs Hundreds in Federal Jobs
  Newsweek
  A Trump campaign aide who argues that Democrats committed "ethnic cleansing" in a plot to "liquidate" the white working class. A former reality show contestant whose study of societal collapse inspired him to invent a bow-and-arrow-cum-survivalist ...and more »
  
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• 10 best jobs in the gig economy - BenefitsPro

  09-03-2017 18:00 via benefitspro.com
  
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  10 best jobs in the gig economy
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  Here are the 10 jobs CareerCast says are the best in the gig economy. (Photo: iStock). As the gig economy grows, the idea of searching out the best jobs that don't involve being covered by benefits is no longer an oxymoron. In fact, as growing numbers ...
  
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• The Economy Created 2.1 Million Jobs In 2016, But The News Talked About Only 700 Of Them - Media Matters for America (blog)

  09-03-2017 17:44 via mediamatters.org
  
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  The Economy Created 2.1 Million Jobs In 2016, But The News Talked About Only 700 Of Them
  Media Matters for America (blog)
  Media Matters research for the fourth quarter of the year found that broadcast evening news fixated on then President-elect Donald Trump's misleading announcement that he was responsible for saving hundreds of jobs at an American manufacturer while ...
  
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• 8 Things to Keep in Mind When It's Time to Quit Your Job

  09-03-2017 16:51 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Welcome to Recruiter QA, where we pose employment-related questions to the experts and share their answers! Have a question you'd like to ask? Leave it in the comments, and you might just see it in the next installment of Recruiter QA!Today's Question: Sometimes, in order to advance in your career, ...
  
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• The Robots Have Finally Arrived to Take Our Burger-Flipping Jobs - Grub Street

  09-03-2017 16:47 via grubstreet.com
  
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  The Robots Have Finally Arrived to Take Our Burger-Flipping Jobs
  Grub Street
  This is the day Andy Puzder dreamed about. CaliBurger, an In-N-Out rival that's now up to locations in 13 countries, has “hired” a robot named Flippy to cook the burgers at its Pasadena store. Flippy would probably lose to a human in a fight — it's ...and more »
  
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• Jobs, jobs, jobs: Companies are on hiring spree - Florida Today

  09-03-2017 16:18 via floridatoday.com
  
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  Jobs, jobs, jobs: Companies are on hiring spree
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  A number of Space Coast companies are looking for employees as the they look to bolster their work forces as spring nears. TeleTech Holdings Inc., which has a customer service and technical support center in Melbourne, is hosting weekly hiring events ...
  
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• Things to Watch in the February Jobs Report - Wall Street Journal (subscription) (blog)

  09-03-2017 16:00 via blogs.wsj.com
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  Things to Watch in the February Jobs Report
  Wall Street Journal (subscription) (blog)
  The Labor Department on Friday releases its February jobs report—the last major economic data before next week's Federal Reserve policy meeting, which could see officials raise short-term interest rates for just the third time since the financial crisis.
  Final countdown to big jobs Friday — and a rate hikeCNBCall 3 news articles »
  
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• The 25 best-paying jobs in the US? Find a career in healthcare or tech - Los Angeles Times

  09-03-2017 15:03 via latimes.com
  
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  The 25 best-paying jobs in the US? Find a career in healthcare or tech
  Los Angeles Times
  Being a "scrum master" may sound like something a rugby player does, or a job that does not sound all that inviting to many. But for people who know how to run software projects according to certain quick-changing, small-group management principles, it ...
  The 16 highest-paying jobs in the USCNBC
  These Are the 25 Best-Paying Jobs in AmericaBloomberg
  Most of the highest paying jobs in the U
  
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• US Gallup Good Jobs Rate 44.4% in February - Gallup

  09-03-2017 14:31 via gallup.com
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  US Gallup Good Jobs Rate 44.4% in February
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  WASHINGTON, D.C. -- The Gallup Good Jobs (GGJ) rate in the U.S. was 44.4% in February, down slightly from 44.8% in January. This is also down a bit from February 2016, when the U.S. GGJ rate was 44.6%. chart 1. The latest results are based on Gallup ...and more »
  
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• What Kills More Jobs, Private Equity or Venture Capital? - Fortune

  09-03-2017 14:30 via fortune.com
  
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  What Kills More Jobs, Private Equity or Venture Capital?
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  A Boom with a View is a column about startups and the technology industry, written by Erin Griffith. Find them all here: fortune.com/boom. In February venture capitalist Michael Moritz penned a scathing New York Times op-ed about the evils of private ...and more »
  
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• Those Jobs Are Never 'Coming Back' - Forbes

  09-03-2017 14:00 via forbes.com
  
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  Those Jobs Are Never 'Coming Back'
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  A significant part of Trump's campaign centered on the angst of the white middle class and the ongoing loss of jobs in the Rust Belt. And that focus gave him his margin of victory. Trump promised to bring those jobs back, a sentiment that resonated ...and more »
  
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• Jobs Day Doesn't Worry Janet Yellen As These Indicators Say Go - Bloomberg

  09-03-2017 13:15 via bloomberg.com
  
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  Jobs Day Doesn't Worry Janet Yellen As These Indicators Say Go
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  It was like watching a Federal Open Market Committee meeting play out in public view, said economist Neil Dutta, as Chair Janet Yellen, New York Fed President William Dudley, Vice Chairman Stanley Fischer and Governor Lael Brainard all jolted market ...and more »
  
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• Swedish economist says half of all jobs will be gone to automation in two decades - and 98 percent of photo models - Business Insider Nordic

  09-03-2017 11:44 via nordic.businessinsider.com
  
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  Swedish economist says half of all jobs will be gone to automation in two decades - and 98 percent of photo models
  Business Insider Nordic
  In the past five years, almost half a million jobs have vanished due to automation in Sweden, says Stefan Fölster, head of the libertarian think thank Reforminstitutet. The pace is accelerating faster than many economists could expect. According to a ...
  
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• More Men Are Taking 'Women's' Jobs, Usually Disadvantaged Men - New York Times

  09-03-2017 11:30 via nytimes.com
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  More Men Are Taking 'Women's' Jobs, Usually Disadvantaged Men
  New York Times
  A clerk at Walmart helping a customer. The job of counter clerk has become more male and is an example of how more minority men are moving into lower-status jobs once mostly done by women. Credit Chang W. Lee/The New York Times. Even as women ...
  
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• The Hoosier Jobs Experiment - Wall Street Journal (subscription)

  09-03-2017 00:53 via wsj.com
  
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  The Hoosier Jobs Experiment
  Wall Street Journal (subscription)
  President Trump campaigned on bringing opportunity to American workers, many of whom haven't had much luck since the recession, and some good ideas are coming out of the states. One project to watch is in Indiana, which is considering grants that ...
  
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