Employment

Meltdown 101: Numbers deep in the employment report paint a picture of the jobs landscape

2009-01-09 17:24:00

7.2 percent. The headline unemployment rate for December is the number every TV newscaster, economic blogger and talk radio host focused on Friday. That rate, the highest in 16 years, translates into 11.1 million Americans without jobs. But 7.2...

Court: NJ woman can pursue perfume lawsuit

2009-01-09 00:00:00

A New Jersey woman who claims she was disabled by a co-workers' perfume can move forward with her worker's compensation lawsuit, an appeals panel ruled Friday. Doris Sexton sued the county-owned nursing home where she worked until January 2004. In her...

News on Intel, jobless drives stocks down

2009-01-08 00:00:00

A warning from tech giant Intel about poor business conditions and more evidence of rising unemployment left stocks with their biggest losses in a month yesterday. The news upended some investors' hopes for a speedy economic recovery this year and left...

China's jobless migrant workers carry worries home before country's biggest holiday

2009-01-08 10:07:00

GUANGZHOU, China (AP) — Some hefted their luggage on bamboo shoulder poles. Others carried their things in plastic buckets. All were migrant workers hurrying to get home Thursday before China's Lunar New Year festival — a holiday that triggers...

Construction employment forecast due today

2009-01-08 07:30:00

Brace for some more bad numbers today as the Associated General Contractors of America releases its construction employment and business forecast for 2009. The trade association's chief economist Ken Simonson, one of the quoted industry experts in the...

More foul news throws traders for a big loss

2009-01-08 00:00:00

A warning from tech giant Intel about poor business conditions and more evidence of rising unemployment left stocks with their biggest losses in a month on Wednesday. The news upended some investors' hopes for a speedy economic recovery this year and...

State unemployment claim systems overwhelmed

2009-01-06 18:03:00

Electronic unemployment filing systems have crashed in at least three states in recent days amid an unprecedented crush of thousands of newly jobless Americans seeking benefits, and other states were adjusting their systems to avoid being next. About 4....

Did medical bills lead to Peoria nurse's firing?

2009-01-05 00:00:00

Tony Dewitt was not going to win his battle with prostate cancer. He knew it. His wife, Phillis, knew it. The people at the hospital where she worked knew it. But still, Phillis was taken aback when her supervisor asked whether Tony planned to seek...

Pound your computer keyboard instead of the pavement in search for job

2009-01-06 00:00:00

This is not your father's job hunt. If you're looking for a job, prepare to spend a lot of time sitting at a computer, searching help-wanted postings, filling out online applications, e-mailing resumes and cover letters -- and networking. From the...

Growing number of jobless workers strains, sometimes knocks out unemployment filing systems

2009-01-07 05:36:00

ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — Electronic unemployment filing systems have crashed in at least three states in recent days amid an unprecedented crush of thousands of newly jobless Americans seeking benefits, and other states were adjusting their systems to...

Who's hiring now

2009-01-05 09:07:49

Though the U.S. economy has softened this year -- headlines warn of mortgage woes, layoffs and escalating gas prices -- there are still jobs out there ... you just have to know where to look. We dug deep into Bureau of Labor Statistics data to find...

Services index shows sector contracted at a slower rate in December

2009-01-06 07:38:00

NEW YORK (AP) — An index of activity in the U.S. services sector contracted at a slower pace in December as new orders and employment improved. In a better-than-expected reading, the Institute for Supply Management, a trade group of purchasing...

Carmen Curet, right, manager of career employment services, talks with Crystal Wells, 16, during a web design class called Wicked Truth, at Alternatives Monday, Nov. 5, 2007, in Chicago. Alternatives (4730 North Sheridan,) is part of a career planning and basic employment skills training program.

2007-11-05 00:00:00

#17 Chris Simon, Left Wing Last Year: 12G-8A-20 Pts, 148 PIM in 71 games with Chicago and Washington. The Skinny: Hard-nosed player knows how to go to the front of the net, and throw a mean right hook. A fan favorite with Washington, Simon brings a good work ethic to a team that needs one.

2003-10-02 15:33:49

Kevin Millar has a strong work ethic and doesn t mind getting dirty. He prefers a messy uniform. He forbids anyone to clean his batting helmet, which is coated with several layers of dirt. His helmet is getting so crusty that one can barely tell Millar plays for the Marlins.

2001-06-30 20:58:45