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Despite reports, odds still stacked against job seekers

Dec 13, 2011
A recent report from the Department of Labor has job listings up sharply over two years prior, but with unemployment at 8.6 percent, job openings are not plentiful.

Jill Schlesinger: Reason to smile today, but jobs crisis far from over

Oct 7, 2011
The September jobs report is out and it was better than last month, when I complained that President Obama blew it on jobs. The Labor Department ...

OP-ED: August jobs report shows Obama blew it

Sep 2, 2011
The August jobs report is out and it was even worse than last month. The Labor Department said the US economy did not add any jobs last month (an...

U.S. unemployment picture at a glance: August, 2011

Sep 2, 2011
The U.S. job situation in August is a carbon copy of July (which was revised today to 85,000 new jobs instead of the previously reported 117,000)...