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Small businesses struggle to find workers

by Kristin Schwab
Dec 6, 2018
There are more job openings right now than there are job seekers. That has small businesses scrambling to find qualified workers.
Christine and Patrick Hall, owners of Élan Flowers in Manhattan's Soho neighborhood.
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With holiday shopping approaching, consumers weigh pocketbook issues

by Mitchell Hartman
Oct 26, 2018
Consumer sentiment has been strong.
The billions of dollars spent on holiday shopping each year leaves out one big piece of the gift-giving puzzle.
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With holiday shopping approaching, consumers weigh pocketbook issues

by Mitchell Hartman
Oct 26, 2018
Consumer sentiment has been strong.
The billions of dollars spent on holiday shopping each year leaves out one big piece of the gift-giving puzzle.
Sean Gallup/Getty Images
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Labor Department figures show robust jobs market

by Justin Ho
Oct 16, 2018
The Labor Department reported this morning record high job openings for the month of August, the highest since the Job Opening and Labor Turnover Survey was created almost 20 years ago. A large number of open jobs has ramifications for many different sectors of the economy. We looked at one sector with a lot of “now […]
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Labor Department figures show robust jobs market

by Justin Ho
Oct 16, 2018
The Labor Department reported this morning record high job openings for the month of August, the highest since the Job Opening and Labor Turnover Survey was created almost 20 years ago. A large number of open jobs has ramifications for many different sectors of the economy. We looked at one sector with a lot of “now […]
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Even the Bureau of Labor Statistics is confused about your employment situation

by Ali Oshinskie
Oct 11, 2018
The gig economy is shrinking. Wait, what exactly is the gig economy?
Dog Walker Dorothy Agius-Bennett takes her pets for a stroll during a powerful rainstorm on December 21, 2010 in San Diego, California.
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Japan expands use of foreign "interns" to address labor shortage

by Adrian Ma
Oct 10, 2018
The unemployment rate is just 2.4 percent in Japan; the country is filling the job gaps with a controversial program for foreign interns.
Workers at the Tsuda Shoten fish plant in Kamaishi, Japan. About 10 percent of the workers are non-Japanese “interns” who come through a special government program.
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Recent immigration policy moves vex U.S. workers from abroad

by Sabri Ben-Achour
Oct 5, 2018
The lives of many educated, skilled people have essentially been put on hold by a pile of changes to immigration policies.
President Donald Trump speaks in Kenosha, Wisconsin, in 2017, before signing the "Buy American and Hire American" executive order.
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Tight labor market, strong holiday sales forecast might force retailers to pay higher wages

by Justin Ho
Oct 4, 2018
On Friday, we’ll get the latest jobs figures for the month of September. Economists are expecting a strong report, with unemployment expected to drop a bit from an already low rate. We’re also getting awfully close to the holiday hiring season, and sales are expected to be pretty strong, too. But with the unemployment rate […]
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Why employers are feeling more pressure to raise pay

by Mitchell Hartman
Sep 7, 2018
New data from the Labor Department show 201,000 new jobs were created in August, which is about average, month-in, month-out, for the past year.  The unemployment rate was unchanged, at 3.9 percent. We’ve been sitting in that low-unemployment ballpark since mid-spring. Average hourly earnings for private sector workers accelerated in August.  They’re up 2.9 percent compared […]
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