Shrinking Middle Class in America

The United States used to have the largest and most prosperous middle class in the world, but now that is changing and the rich are getting richer and the poor are getting poorer at a blinding speed.

The main reason for such fundamental changes is the side effects of the globalism and “free trade” that our [...]

The Power of Relocation To Help You Restart Your Career

The stats are daunting: millions of Americans have been out of work for 99 weeks or longer. Millions more are about to join them. For every job opening, according to the Department of Labor, there are at least five applicants.

So what’s a body to do?

There are many ways to increase your chances of finding a [...]

Small Businesses Provide Opportunities for Unemployed Workers

You know your hyper-ambitious-friend with the start-up scented candle business, who comes to your house once a week to ask your opinion on how her new gingerbread-chocolate-popcorn- scented candles smell? She may be a total pain, but next time she stops by, humor her. She’s doing a good thing for the economy.   According to the [...]

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June Jobs Report Redux

At first look, the BLS’s June unemployment numbers give a sharp contrast to May’s large jump in employment. But like every month, we’re going to look at these numbers a little closer. Said one report in the NY Times: Just as last month’s government job report appeared deceptively robust, swollen as it was by 411,000 workers [...]

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Hope for Jobs Career Fair – Press Release

Career Fair Promises to Bring “Hope” to Unemployed: Congresswoman Sheila Jackson Lee co-partners with local non-profit group HOUSTON, TX – Nationally, the unemployment rate continues to edge at 9.9 percent with more than 15 million people left without jobs. Locally, one organization is doing their part to by giving hope to the unemployed who are [...]

Hope for Jobs “Career Fair and Mixer”

Hope for Jobs “Career Fair and Mixer” will be on May 28th at Good Hope Missionary Baptist Church’s “Center for Hope” from 9 AM to 3 PM. Registration will begin for the event on Thursday, April 22nd. The first 100 Registrants will receive VIP Access into the event to meet and network with the employers. [...]

February job numbers redux

We’ve been a little crazed here at TheWorkBuzz lately and just realized the day has passed without posting our regular breakdown of the BLS’s monthly unemployment numbers. Luckily, our colleagues at TheHiringSite.com have already written about that very subject so we’ll refer you to their post.

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January job numbers redux

The BLS released January’s jobs report this morning, and while it wasn’t complete cause for celebration, it was encouraging. The unemployment rate fell from 10.0 to 9.7 percent in January, and nonfarm payroll employment was essentially unchanged, down -20,000 compared to -779,000 in January 2009.
Here are the highlights:

The number of unemployed persons decreased to 14.8 million
Employment [...]

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Tips for the long-term unemployed

Although there are signs the economy is healing, there are still 15.3 million unemployed workers in America according to the most recent BLS data. Among those unemployed, the number of long-term unemployed (those jobless for 27 weeks and over) continued to trend up, reaching 6.1 million in December 2009. That means 4-in-10 unemployed workers have been jobless for [...]

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State of the Union: Jobs, jobs, jobs

If you’re like millions of Americans, you tuned into President Obama’s State of the Union address last night. If you’re like millions of Americans, you might have tuned in accidentally because you forgot it was on and went to watch Modern Family, only to find Diane Sawyer and George Stephanopoulos chatting with each other. So [...]

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December job numbers redux

The BLS released the last unemployment numbers of the year this morning and overall job loss numbers declined by -85,000 in the last month of 2009.  Among the largest industries, construction, manufacturing and retail lost jobs, while health care and temporary help services added jobs.
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Senate OKs filing extension for jobless

Jobless Americans will soon get two more months to file for unemployment benefits and the COBRA health coverage subsidy, under a bill passed by the Senate early Saturday morning. The measure, which was approved by the House on Wednesday, would extend the filing deadline through the end of February. The president is expected to sign [...]