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Presents statistics illustrating labor market trends in the United States for January 2005. Unemployment rates; Demographics of the employed workforce.

Reports on the decrease of the unemployment rate in Brazil in December of 2005 attributable to the temporary hiring for the Christmas holiday season and the country's economic growth.

Reports that the unemployment rate in Germany has increased in December 2004, due to seasonal factors.

Presents graphs about New York's regional employment figures as of November 2004. Unemployment rates; New unemployment claims; Employment rates per industry.

Reports that unemployment in the growing economies of New Zealand and Australia are at their record lows in 2004.

Reports on the unemployment rate in Canada for the month of October 2004.

Reports on the increase in unemployment rate in Germany in October 2004.

Reports that New York City's unemployment rate dropped to its lowest level since September 2001 in the month of August 2004. Decline in the state unemployment rate; Industrial sectors that drove the job growth.

Reports on the rise in the Australian unemployment rate in August 2004.

Reports on the performance of the U.S. labor market in July 2004.

Presents statistics on regional employment in the United States as of July 11, 2004. Unemployment rates; Unemployment claims; Total New York metro area employment.

Presents employment figures for June 2004 in New York City. Decline in unemployment rates; Decline in new unemployment claims; Comparison of employment figures between different industries; Help wanted index.

Reports on the decline of unemployment rate in Brazil in May 2004.

The article reports on the move by the administration of U.S. President Donald Trump as of July 2018 to ease federal rules and attract nontraditional drivers such as teenagers, minorities and women to resolve the shortage of truck drivers in the country. Also cited are the required number of drivers as cited by the American Trucking Associations, as well as the move by the government to allow younger drivers with military background to operate commercial vehicles.

The article explores the recruitment of refugees for vacancies in the U.S. The situation is attributed to complaints about worker shortages as many refused to fill undesirable and low-paying positions. Employers expressed on concerns on the challenge of retaining workers. The impact of the move by President Donald Trump to limit legal immigrants and refugees is discussed.

The article offers information on the growth in the employment opportunities for unemployed with a little growth in wages. Topics discussed include issues behind the attitude of prime-aged men in entering into work force entirely and even looking for a job; increase in the Labor force participation rate; and impact of inflation in deciding the wages for the employees. It also mention about the person who leave the job out of frustration.

The article reports that the U.S. government said on June 3, 2016 that employers added only 38,000 workers to their payrolls in May 2016. Topics covered include how the significant slowdown in hiring will lead to a delay in the decision of the Federal Reserve to raise interest rates and the decline being caused by Americans dropping out of the labor force rather than finding new jobs.

The article focuses on reports that employers in the U.S. are adding a robust 201,000 jobs and the unemployment rate remained at the rock-bottom level of 3.9% in the country.

The article reports on possible impacts of the decision of U.S. President Donald Trump's administration to send immigrants from El Salvador back to their native country on the U.S. work force, and mentions that the immigrant workers has become indispensable parts of some industries.

The article focuses on the growing trend of what is called the "gig economy" in America, which refers to individuals who are involved in contracting, tempting, or freelancing, instead of more stable job. The author explores the history of this trend, discusses companies that consider its employees to be independent contractors, such as car service providers Uber and Lyft, and examines how this has impacted work force and economic anxieties.

The article discusses the impact of the changing policy for working visa to the shortage of foreign doctors in the rural areas wherein the Jordanian physicians have kept obstetrics unit open and recruiting foreign specialists in the U.S.

The article reports on the February 2014 release of a study by the U.S. Congressional Budget Office regarding the impact of the 2010 Affordable Care Act on employment rates. Details are given outlining the report's predictions that the health care law will encourage a large-scale drop in employment. Accounts are then offered of Democratic and Republican interpretations of the data.

The article discusses how an employment report for April 2013 released by the U.S. Labor Department indicated that college graduates have fared better than the rest of the workforce during the recession beginning in 2008. It found that the number of employed college-educated workers increased by approximately nine percent since 2008 while employment for those with only a high school diploma decreased by nine percent. The role of education in job qualifications is also discussed.

The article discusses a report from the U.S. Labor Department released April 5, 2013 which indicated that the growth of employment in the U.S. for March 2013 was the lowest since June 2012 and marked the third consecutive spring of decreased hiring. Possible causes of the decrease include payroll taxation increases and the government's fiscal policies. Information is also provided on the unemployment rate and labor force participation rate, as well as the role of younger employees.

This article discusses the financial stability of the American automobile industry. In February 2007, DaimlerChrysler announced that it was considering all options for its struggling Chrysler Group. DaimlerBenz of Germany acquired Chrysler in 1996. Chrysler said it would eliminate 13,000 jobs, almost 16 percent of its work force, in the U.S. and Canada, and shut all or part of 4 plants by 2009. The company has hired JPMorgan as a strategic advisor.

The article presents the findings of a U.S. Labor Department report which showed a slow down in job growth for September 2006. According to analysts, this signifies that the momentum behind more positive labor statistics leading up to the report has shifted. It is asserted that though economists are not concerned about the report in the context of long term trends, the impact of immediate conditions might very well be felt by workers.

This article discusses job growth in the U.S. during March 2006. An increase in the U.S. work force, coupled with a decrease in the nation's unemployment rate, suggests that the U.S. economy will continue to grow despite high interest rates from the Federal Reserve. U.S. President George W. Bush is claiming credit for this growth, saying that the economic resurgence in the U.S. is a result of his tax cuts on capital gains and stock dividends. INSET: The Labor Picture in March.

The article reports that ten weeks after Hurricane Katrina, government officials and business leaders in Louisiana are worried that a scarcity of able-bodied workers is hampering the area's recovery. According to the author, a variety of tactics are being used to attract workers, including signing bonuses and increased wages. Its is suggested that high pay is not a persuasive tactic because there is nowhere in the area for workers to live.

Looks at the United States job market as of June of 2005. Discussion of how job creation slowed in May of 2005 despite the employment rate nearing its lowest point since September of 2001; Discussion of how a report released by the Labor Department has rekindled talk of an economic slowdown, as well as speculation that the Federal Reserve may stop raising interest rates sooner than expected; Comments on the current job market from Joel Naroff, president of Naroff Economic Advisers.

Reports on the decline of the gold industry in Welkom, South Africa. Discovery of gold in the city half a century ago; Production of gold way back in the heyday of industry in the 1970; Impact of the struggles of the industry on the employment rate of the country.

The article reports on the decline of the labor force participation rate in the U.S.

The article reports on the unemployment claims in the U.S. as of March 2013 which has increased to a four-month high, up 28,000 to 385,000 since November 2012.

Several letters to the editor are presented in response to article "The No-Limits Job," which raises issues on student loan debt as well as career and advanced education choices, in the March 3, 2013 issue.

THE blistering pace of advances in automotive technology may be confusing to consumers, but it seems to be creating a strong employment outlook for those who fix cars. According to a forecast by the Bureau of Labor Statistics, from 2010 to 2020 the work force will add positions for 124,800 service technicians and mechanics, 32,700 automotive body and glass repairers and 13,800 painting and coating workers. While that growth rate is not explosive, the Labor Department foresees steady employment for those with training and certification. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The nation's union membership rate continued a decades-long slide last year, falling to 11.8 percent of the American work force in 2011, the Bureau of Labor Statistics announced in a report on Friday. That was down from 11.9 percent the previous year even though total union membership edged up, rising by 49,000 last year to 14.76 million. The overall membership rate declined because the increases in organized labor's ranks did not keep pace with overall growth in employment. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Over all, the job market did not get any worse in February, and by some measures, showed signs of new life. It would be wrong, however, to regard the latest data with anything other than extreme caution. Unemployment declined to 8.9 percent from 9 percent in January and from 9.7 percent a year ago. Unfortunately, the improvement over the past year is mainly because of a decline in the size of the labor force -- generally, people giving up their search for work -- a quirk in the data that masks the true level of distress. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

THE American economy added 36,000 jobs last month. That is what the government said Friday. Of course, it also said the unemployment rate plunged to 9.0 percent. It is hard to put those two observations together and think they refer to the same economy. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

The train that is the nation's economic recovery has slowed noticeably, unable to generate enough jobs in the last two months to keep pace with population growth, much less reduce the vast numbers of unemployed Americans. The United States added just 83,000 private sector jobs in June, according to the monthly statistical snapshot released by the Labor Department. The unemployment rate declined to 9.5 percent, from 9.7 percent in May. But that was a largely illusory decline, as 652,000 Americans left the work force. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

A YEAR ago, I wrote about a job fair at the Sheraton in Midtown Manhattan, where over 5,000 mainly white collar, middle-aged jobless men and women waited in the cold for more than two hours, hoping to find work. The turnout was a sign of desperate times; until then, the organizer, Tory Johnson, who's been conducting these fairs in 10 cities for a decade, had never had more than 2,000 people at one of these events. For that column, I interviewed two dozen boomers. Given recent reports from the federal government and Manpower, the employment agency, that the hiring outlook is beginning to improve, I thought it would be worthwhile to go back to those highly motivated people. Among them are Jo Fagan, a former vice president at Crown publishing who had applied for over 500 jobs in 22 months, and Greg Kramer, 54, a former buyer for a video company, who had attended three job fairs a month, typically arriving three hours before doors opened. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

The unemployment rate in the euro zone hit double digits in November for the first time in more than a decade, tempering hopes for a rapid recovery in the job market. Eurostat, the European Union's statistics agency, said on Friday that the seasonally adjusted unemployment rate in the 16 countries that use the euro rose to 10 percent in November, from 9.9 percent in October and 8 percent in November 2008. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

Now that unemployment has topped 10 percent, some liberal-leaning economists see confirmation of their warnings that the $787 billion stimulus packagePresident Obama signed into law last February was way too small. The economy needs a second big infusion, they say. No, some conservative-leaning economists counter, we were right: The package has been wasteful, ineffectual and even harmful to the extent that it adds to the nation's debt and crowds out private-sector borrowing. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

How do you know when it's time to change careers? Perhaps you no longer feel energized about new projects or you've lost confidence in your boss. Or maybe you woke up one day to find that your job was cut, your company was vaporized, your entire industry was consigned to history. So it's gone for millions of Americans over the last year. Unemployment nationwide just hit double digits for the first time in 26 years, a grim milestone that New York had already passed. Some are scrambling to find variations on the jobs they lost. Many others have no choice but to try a whole new direction. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

Consider, for a moment, a tale of two countries. Both have suffered a severe recession and lost jobs as a result -- but not on the same scale. In Country A, employment has fallen more than 5 percent, and the unemployment rate has more than doubled. In Country B, employment has fallen only half a percent, and unemployment is only slightly higher than it was before the crisis. Don't you think Country A might have something to learn from Country B? [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

Unemployment rates rose in 26 states in July, a sign that the labor market will take time to improve and that budget crises in states across the nation may deepen. California, Nevada, Rhode Island and Georgia all reached their highest level of joblessness since record-keeping began in 1976, with California's rising to 11.9 percent, from 11.6 percent the previous month, the Labor Department said Friday. The number of states with at least 10 percent unemployment held at 16. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

Unemployment topped 10 percent in 15 states and the District of Columbia last month, according to federal data released Friday. The rate in Michigan surpassed 15 percent, the first time any state hit that mark since 1984. The Federal Reserve this week projected that the national unemployment rate, currently at a 26-year high of 9.5 percent, would pass 10 percent by the end of the year. Most Fed policy makers said it could take ''five or six years'' for the economy and the labor market to get back on a path of long-term health. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

Last year, 57 million people started new jobs, despite the floundering economy. Most of them had left a job recently -- by choice or not -- but successfully found a new one in the same industry. The sheer size of job turnover in the United States is staggering. Even as unemployment has climbed, every sector has millions of jobs waiting for qualified applicants. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

Lawrence H. Summers, the top White House economic adviser, was appearing Thursday before a friendly crowd at the Economic Club of Washington, but the event turned out to be not all hail fellow well met. Mr. Summers's message was mixed: the downward plunge of the economy might hit bottom within the next few months, but unemployment would probably keep rising for some time. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

The rising tide of unemployment has officially reached New Jersey. For the first time in this recession, New Jersey's unemployment rate has surpassed the national rate, the state's Department of Labor and Workforce Development reported on Wednesday. New Jersey's jobless rate jumped to 8.2 percent in February, from 7.3 percent in January. The national rate was 8.1 percent in February. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

As governors in nine states, mostly in the South, consider rejecting millions of dollars in federal stimulus money for increased unemployment insurance, there is growing anger among the ranks of the jobless in those states that they could be left out of a significant government benefit. The stimulus bill recently passed by Congress includes incentives to states to expand benefits to many more jobless people, including part-time workers and those who have cycled in and out of the work force, who are not covered in many states. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

The unemployment rate jumped to 6.1 percent in August, its highest level in five years, pushing the troubles of American workers to the center of the political debate as the presidential campaign enters its final weeks. For the eighth consecutive month, the nation's employers shed jobs, 84,000 last month, the Bureau of Labor Statistics reported Friday. In all, 605,000 jobs have been lost since January. The steady rise in unemployment, from 5.7 percent in July and 5 percent in April, is one that many economists associate with recession. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]