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Study: Visa law prevents companies from hiring best workers
Scott Tong Jul 18, 2012
There's a new report out today that provides one explanation for why companies aren't hiring the people they want to hire: A visa program to bring in the best and brightest from around the world is capped, and doesn't account for the economic geography of America.
Finding new work difficult for older workers
John Dimsdale Jul 16, 2012
Finding a new job in this economy is hard for everyone, particularly for those above 55. It takes more effort, sacrifice and a little bit of creativity.
To my dissatisfied daughter
Laura Doyle Jul 13, 2012
A frustrated mother sends her teenager daughter a letter, explaining how she and her father are still trying to provide for the family while they are both unemployed.
Finding a first job not easy for new nurses
Annie Baxter Jul 6, 2012
There's been talk of a nurse shortage for years, but why are many nursing grads still struggling to find a job?
Weekly Wrap: Yet another stagnant jobs report
Sarah Gardner Jul 8, 2012
Reviewing the week's headlines on Wall Street. This week: The sluggish growth in the U.S. jobs market.
Economists share unofficial economic indicators
Stacey Vanek Smith Jul 6, 2012
What baristas and tailors and over-educated sandwich-makers tell us about the economy.
Monthly jobs report: A history of revisions
Matt Berger Jul 9, 2012
On the first Friday of each month the Bureau of Labor Statistics releases its monthly jobs report. But don't pay too much attention to the number of jobs added or lost; it will be revised and revised again.
One solution to the nation's unemployment problem
Jeff Horwich Jul 6, 2012
So as this unemployment report continues to show stagnant growth, many politicians, experts, armchair economists are chiming in on the best way to solve the unemployment problem in the U.S. One idea being floated is inspired by Germany: working fewer hours.
Obama adviser Alan Krueger talks June jobs numbers
Jeff Horwich Jul 6, 2012
The economy added 80,000 non-farm jobs in June and the unemployment rate remained at 8.2 percent. Alan Krueger, chairman of President Obama's Council of Economic Advisers, puts the latest numbers in perspective.
June unemployment sticks at 8.2%; 80,000 jobs added
Jeremy Hobson Jul 6, 2012
The U.S. Labor Department has released its monthly jobs report. Employers added just 80,000 jobs last month, while unemployment stayed stagnant at 8.2 percent.
