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This Arizona esthetician is glad she joined the "great resignation"

by Richard Cunningham
Sep 7, 2022
We check in with Shauna Kruse, who moved her family across country and went back to school to become an esthetician.
“It just seemed very natural, actually, to go into something where I was, you know, literally face to face with helping people feel their very best,” says Shauna Kruse, who went back to school to become an esthetician.
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How a tax credit to boost minority hiring became a gift to temp agencies

by Kai Ryssdal and Anais Amin
Sep 6, 2022
Workers may not be the biggest beneficiaries of the work opportunity tax credit, says ProPublica investigative reporter Emily Corwin.
A woman waits for a job at a temporary employment agency in North Dakota. ProPublica's Emily Corwin discusses the work opportunity tax credit's benefits for temp agencies and the persistent lack of solutions for workers.
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What the worst states to work in have in common, according to Oxfam America

by Mitchell Hartman
Sep 1, 2022
Low levels of worker protections correlate to a lower standard of living, researcher says.
A variety of factors unify the "worst" states for workers, according to Oxfam.
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Job openings rise unexpectedly. Is that a big deal?

by Meghan McCarty Carino
Aug 30, 2022
It pushes back on the idea that the economy is slowing. But the number of workers who quit, were hired or were laid off didn’t change much.
According to the July JOLTS report, open positions increased to 11.2 million.
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Employment's back to pre-pandemic levels with more than 500,000 new jobs added in July

by Mitchell Hartman
Aug 5, 2022
There were even job gains in construction and finance, which were expected to slow down. Wages grew again too.
Employers added double the number of jobs economists were expecting in July, with big hiring increases in leisure and hospitality, health care and retail.
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Gig work rebounds but some gig workers struggle with inflation

by Mitchell Hartman
Jul 8, 2022
Gig workers now have access to unemployment benefits as the economy has opened back up.
As the economy has opened up, so too have opportunities and benefits for gig workers such as drivers for ride-hailing services.
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As jobs rebound, those paying least are hardest to fill

by Mitchell Hartman
May 6, 2022
Health care, child care and K-12 education, which offer jobs with lower pay that need to be done in person, have yet to fully recover.
A company seeking aluminum workers posted an ad on a bus in Portland, Oregon. The private sector has been able to raise wages and hire people faster than the public sector.
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Professional and business services hiring is well above pre-pandemic levels

by Justin Ho
Apr 1, 2022
One factor that may have contributed to this growth? Jobs in accounting, IT, consulting and similar roles can still be done remotely.
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January's strong jobs report says more people have come off the sidelines to go to work

by Mitchell Hartman
Feb 4, 2022
Many older people returned to work, but the recovery isn't as strong for people of color and women.
The federal jobs report surprised forecasters, showing that people are returning to work and fewer left the workforce than believed.
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Resume gaps may shrink in importance, especially for women of color

by Lily Jamali
Jan 20, 2022
Employers need understand the many reasons workers have left the jobs on their own or involuntarily, one supervisor says.
Women dropped out of the workforce in record numbers over the past year and a half. Will employers still view resume gaps as red flags?
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