December 1, 2015 Increased Drilling Creates Jobs An oil drilling boom across the American West is creating a wealth of job opportunities at a time when most segments of the economy remain sluggish. The boom is the result of new and updated technologies allowing companies to go after oil reserves that until recently were trapped in shale formations, making them too expensive and difficult to tap even five or ten years ago.
December 1, 2015 In Startling Job Trend, Unemployed Need Not Apply The latest national hiring numbers were better than expected but still not enough to get that unemployment rate to budge lower than 9.1 percent. In the face of that, lawmakers and activists say employers are reaching out only to job candidates who already have jobs.
November 30, 2015 On the Job Hunt: Manufacturer of Made in the USA Baseball Glove is Ready to Catch Some New Business Each year an estimated 4.5 million baseball gloves are sold in the U.S. Wilson and Rawlings are a few big names in the business, but Nokona is the largest American-made glove company.
November 30, 2015 Improving the Economy 'One Job at a Time' While the nation's sluggish economy is showing signs of rebounding, government figures show 13 million people are still looking for work. In San Francisco, Carla Emil wants to help them through a website called OneJobforAmerica.org.
November 30, 2015 On The Job Hunt: Small Businesses Across the Country Say, 'We're Not Hiring' At a wholesale pizza factory just outside Los Angeles, 25 men and women pound out the dough, but like many small businesses in America dealing with a struggling economy, the owners aren't necessarily rolling in it.
November 29, 2015 On The Job Hunt: Wal-Mart Battles Again for New York Store Drug store owner Wayne Lee is worried that his small pharmacy in Brooklyn, New York might be forced out of business. The problem isn’t a lack of customers, crime or the overall economy. It’s Wal-Mart.
November 28, 2015 Unprecedented Boom Has Jobs Looking for People in North Dakota While most of the country is still mired in a troubled economy, North Dakota is riding an unprecedented boom that has jobs looking for people, rather than the other way around.
November 28, 2015 Dollar Stores to Create Thousands of Jobs Discount retailer Dollar General and its top competitor Family Dollar plan to open more than 900 new stores and create more than 9 thousand new jobs this year.
November 20, 2015 On the Job Hunt: Hiring America's Heroes As if fighting a war and serving your country wasn’t enough of a challenge, imagine returning home from the battlefield and not being able to land a job to support your family.
June 22, 2015 ON THE JOB HUNT: Steel Success in Connecticut The down economy continues to cause problems for Americans coast to coast, as initial unemployment claims jumped 13,000 this week to 462,000. However, one of the smallest states seems to be making some big strides. The Constitution State, Connecticut, has added 4,800 jobs since January, and 8,000 since December 2009.
