In our last blog posting we discussed issues surrounding the recent drop in the unemployment rate from 8.2% to 8.1%. Normally, this would be a reason to celebrate, but as we noted in the previous blog entry: “According to economic experts, this drop in the unemployment rate is mostly due to job seekers that...
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April Labor Department Unemployment Figures and Top States with Lowest Unemployment Rates
Even though the nationwide unemployment rate dropped to 8.1% in April 2012 according to the Labor Department this week—there apparently is little to be happy about. According to economic experts, this drop in the unemployment rate is mostly due to job seekers that have...
Nine Hundred New Auto Industry Jobs and 530 New Energy Sector Positions in Alabama
Looking for manufacturing and heavy industry jobs nowadays can be daunting and rather degrading to your self-esteem. Since the great recession of 2007, and even before, as we watched China gobble-up our manufacturing jobs, these positions have been few and far between. There is...
A New American Job Prosperity—Shale Oil and Gas to the Rescue
Is America heading for a new period of unprecedented prosperity and growth in the very near future? Image a renewed middleclass; jobs everywhere for the asking and the standard...
Silicon Valley Workers Get Trained for Green Jobs and Placement
Green is the color designated for now and the future. If the planet is going to survive the ever-challenging problem of population growth with the entry of billions of...
High-Tech and Medical Jobs Shine in Silicon Valley for March 2012
If you are looking for a geographic area of the U.S. with lots of jobs—look no further. For the last eight months in a row, the San Francisco Bay...