US employers add strong 211,000 jobs, with unemployment at 4.4 percentBy Associated PressMay 05, 2017Justin Sullivan/Getty ImagesThe unemployment rate has dipped to its lowest point in a decade.POSTED IN: jobs numbers employment data data government reports Retail wages read
Labor figures will put President Trump’s job creation goals to the testBy Mitchell HartmanMay 05, 2017POSTED IN: jobs report Economy business Labor Department Jobs Trump administration ListenreadDownloadDownload
Great Lakes community contemplates nuclear plant closureBy Rebecca ThieleMay 01, 2017Rebecca ThieleSeveral nuclear plants are shutting down nationwide thanks to falling prices in the energy sector.POSTED IN: nuclear power plant Michigan. jobs Economy business ListenreadDownloadDownload
How much do manufacturing jobs really matter?By Mitchell HartmanApril 27, 2017Mitchell Hartman/MarketplaceEighty percent of respondents to the Marketplace-Edison Research Poll say manufacturing is "very" or "somewhat" important to their local economy.POSTED IN: business Economy manufacturing Portland Jobs economic growth ListenreadDownloadDownload
Manufacturing can help itself by hiring more women, study says By Mitchell HartmanApril 24, 2017POSTED IN: business Jobs manufacturing workplace diversity Tech ListenreadDownloadDownload
How to ace a job interview? We asked a managerBy Lizzie O'Leary and Hayley HershmanApril 21, 2017Justin Sullivan/Getty ImagesIs it OK to bring up salary in an interview? POSTED IN: job interviews Jobs business employee wages employers ListenreadDownloadDownload
Robot-Proof Jobs 2: The winners of tomorrowBy David Brancaccio and Katie LongApril 14, 2017Jay/FlickrThe second episode of a special three-part podcast series on automation and the economy. POSTED IN: robots Jobs workforce robot-proof technology ListenreadDownloadDownload
Give Budget Director Mick Mulvaney a beer and he'll tell you a lotBy Nancy Marshall-Genzer, Marielle Segarra, and Jed KimApril 12, 2017SAUL LOEB/AFP/Getty ImagesThe Trump administration's Office of Management and Budget head talks about the federal debt, infrastructure costs and lifting the hiring freeze.POSTED IN: business Economy federal jobs infrastructure Trump administration mick mulvaney ListenreadDownloadDownload
Trump keeps talking about trade, but he should be talking robotsBy Jana KasperkevicApril 10, 2017BRENDAN SMIALOWSKI/AFP/Getty ImagesAutomation may be killing our jobs faster than you think. What’s a human to do?POSTED IN: robots automation donald trump manufacturing Jobs jeb bush read
