- February 4, 2012
To help provide a clearer picture of where the jobs are for older employees by ... That makes sense in looking at the job outlook for older employees because...
- January 25, 2012
"Anybody over 40 was prepared to have a lifelong job, and they´ve been crushed," says Penelope Trunk, author of The Brazen Careerist and founder of the career network by the same name. "The layoffs have been so bad, and they´ve had to adapt faster than...
- January 17, 2012
Knowing which sectors will continue to grow and are most likely to offer employment opportunities in the near future will help job candidates be efficient and effective in their search. The current recession has brought great changes in the labor...
- January 6, 2012
"We´re now going into ever-deeper, unexplored parts of ocean, including the Arctic Ocean, in search of oil reserves." A job boom will likely be tied to increasing attention on the ocean and subsea minerals. "The potential is there for minerals and...
- January 3, 2012
The future workforce will largely be made up of experts and seasoned skilled workers, including a greater number of mature workers (those aged 55 and older) starting independent careers based on acquired expertise. Of today´s 16 million career...
- December 26, 2011
Just 7 percent of workers over 55 were jobless in October, compared with a 9 percent national average, the Bureau of Labor Statistics reported recently. That´s a sizable gap, and it´s been roughly that size throughout the recession....
- December 23, 2011
At 8.6 percent in November, unemployment has fallen 1.5 points from a 26-year high of 10.1 percent in October 2009. By contrast, claims for jobless benefits, which track staff cuts, have decreased 40 percent since peaking at an average 652500 in the...
- December 20, 2011
But the share of those in their working prime, age 25 to 54, who had jobs fell only 5 percentage points to 74.7% at its worst, while the percentage of employed older folks held fairly steady. Since August, however, young people have been flooding the...
AARP - December 14, 2011
Defying predictions, the nation´s unemployment rate fell almost half a percent to 8.6 percent in November, the lowest level in nearly three years, as employers added 120000 new jobs, the government reported. Older workers saw welcome gains too...
CNN Money - December 12, 2011
For example, about half of the rate decrease is attributable to discouraged workers giving up entirely on their job search -- not new job creation. And employers added only 120000 jobs in October -- well off the number that economists say is needed...
Newsday - December 2, 2011
You may vacillate between feeling blue because you´re unemployed to wanting to participate in the merriment and postpone the job search until after the New Year. Follow these tips to help you stay on track and enjoy the season at the same time...
Los Angeles Times - November 28, 2011
The slow pace of growth raises concerns about the nearly 14 million unemployed Americans who could be cut off from unemployment benefits by the end of this year. One-third of the 6 million people receiving unemployment insurance will be cut off from ...
Washington Post - November 25, 2011
In October, the public sector cut 24000 jobs while private industry continued adding jobs at a steady clip, the Labor Department said Friday. The nation´s unemployment rate fell slightly to 9 percent — but it would have been 8.7 percent had state and ...
Bloomberg - November 25, 2011
He repeated his call for Republicans in Congress to pass his $447 billion jobs bill, a mix of tax cuts and spending on roads and rail lines. "There´s no excuse for inaction," the president said. On Thursday, Republicans in the Senate blocked a $60...
ABC News - November 24, 2011
The reason might have to do with season help at the mall and other retail stores. The most-popular recruiters at one job fair in San Jose were in search of season help for the holidays. Victoria´s Secret at the Great Mall of the Bay Area is looking for...
