by dankeelan | Oct 23, 2023 | Jobs, U.S. Economy
The Biden administration is designating 31 “tech hubs ” touching 32 states and Puerto Rico to help spur innovation and create jobs in the specific industries that are concentrated in these areas. President Biden was set to announce the hubs Monday...
by dankeelan | Oct 23, 2023 | Featured, Jobs
The White House’s Council of Economic Advisers projected clean power generation employment grew in every state and the District of Columbia last year, including a 19 percent increase in the coal country hub of West Virginia. In an analysis published Monday, White...
by dankeelan | Oct 23, 2023 | Featured, Jobs
Digital marketing and its technology aren’t the only things that have been transformed in the past three and three-quarter years. Digital marketers are now in an employment environment radically different from what it was pre-pandemic. One that’s giving them more...
by dankeelan | Oct 10, 2023 | Benefits, Jobs
Pandemic-era childcare subsidies expired on Sept. 30, affecting over 200,000 nationwide childcare providers that depend on those funds to pay their workers. Without the support, over 70,000 centers are at risk of closure, forcing the parents of...
by dankeelan | Oct 3, 2023 | Jobs, U.S. Economy
The job market remains strong despite gradual cooling from pandemic-era highs, according to labor economists — but workers don’t seem to share that outlook. Employee confidence fell last month to its lowest level since 2016, according to...
by dankeelan | Oct 3, 2023 | Education, Jobs
For going on a decade and a half, much has been made of the chronic shortage of workers. Month after month, U.S. employers post millions of jobs while millions of Americans are actively seeking them — and yet those positions remain unfilled. The situation appears only...
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