Jobs

In this installment of our series called, The Job Chronicles, commentator Cecilia Marquez describes the experience of taking a risk to get a paycheck.

Later this morning we'll get employment numbers for March from the Labor department. Economists expect the report will say the economy added around 200,000 jobs for the month.

Tig Gilliam, CEO of temporary employment firm Adecco Group North America, looks ahead to March's big employment report.

The U.S. created 216,000 jobs last month, pushing down the unemployment rate to 8.8 percent. Much of the country is ready to stop thinking about jobs, but millions of Americans remain out of work.

Reports from the Labor Department this morning show the U.S. created 216,000 jobs last month, sending the unemployment rate down to 8.8 percent. Jill Schlesinger, editor-at-large at CBS MoneyWatch, explains.

Richard DeKaser, economist with the Parthenon Group, explains today's promising job numbers and why the housing situation hasn't followed suit.

Job placement firm Challenger, Gray & Christmas announced today that U.S. job cuts fell 39 percent from a year ago, despite an uptick in government job cuts.

Mich. passed a law to cut unemployment benefits to 20 weeks. Other states hit hard by the recession could soon follow suit.

Most people want to kick back and relax in their 60s, but Tess Vigeland and the New York Times' Tara Siegel Bernard about one couple who are considering investing in and running a motel, instead of retiring.