Unemployment, job turnover, and unemployment benefit applications are low. Employers in many industries are in low-hire, low-fire mode.
The school trains automation engineers for automated factories. China’s manufacturing sector is desperate for skilled workers.
The area’s economy is already reeling from earlier government cuts.
Amy Uccello was laid off from her job at USAID in late January. Her husband lost his job at a nonprofit working with the agency shortly after.
The most recent jobs report showed mediocre job creation in July.
After two years of unemployment and feeling invisible, Stuart Morris changed his mindset to get back to work.
Unemployment claims from laid-off federal workers looking for new jobs are up nearly 60% year-over-year.
Job seekers at one of China’s top universities say the hunt is hard this year.
In a reversal, women lost more federal jobs than men in April.
The unemployment rate can’t tell us everything happening in the job market. But the Labor Department is robust and transparent in its calculations.
