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Unemployment drops to 7.2 percent in Florida, lower in South Florida
South Florida's unemployment continued its decline in April, dropping to 5.6 percent in Broward and 6.8 percent in Palm Beach County, the state said Friday. Florida's rate fell to 7.2 percent, the lowest since September 2008. The official rate...
Tags: Labor Markets, Unemployment Rate, Palm Beach County, Tampa, Career and Workplace
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Dunn County Commission approves drug screening, background checks for new employees
The Dickinson PressAll new employees hired by Dunn County will be subject to criminal background checks and pre-employment drug screens, a new policy that will also affect current employees who transfer departments or move into management roles. The commission voted...Tags: Career and Workplace, Employment Opportunities
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Dollar General to hold job fair
SOUTH BEND - Dollar General will host a career fair at its store at 2931 Portage Road on Saturday from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. The event is one of about 170 such job fairs the company is holding nationwide. Dollar General representatives will be present to...Tags: Career and Workplace, Employment Opportunities, Foreign Exchange Market, Dollar General Corporation
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Isle jobless rate slips to 5-year low
The Honolulu Star-AdvertiserA slow but steady strengthening of Hawaii's job market pushed the state's unemployment rate below 5 percent in April for the first time since late 2008, the state Department of Labor and Industrial Relations reported Thursday. The unemployment rate...Tags: Marketing, Advertising, Work Relations, Labor Markets, Business
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Area schools: Grads face fierce job hunt
The Daily Star, Oneonta, N.Y.Hundreds of seniors at four area colleges are graduating this month, and college officials said many factors play into their employment success in the world of work ahead. "Current employment forecasts for graduates range from bleak to bright, so...Tags: Teach for America, Students, Media Industry, State University of New York, Teaching and Learning
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Norquist leads tax reform advocates across state
Times-News, Burlington, N.C.As the state's Republican Party began a push toward tax reform, Grover Norquist and representatives of Americans for Prosperity traveled the state Thursday campaigning for reduced income tax. They stopped by the Times-News to share some of their ideas,...Tags: Americans for Prosperity, Republican Party, Taxation, Politics, Labor Markets
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Which NC bills survived crossover?
The News & ObserverLawmakers in the House and Senate raced this week to meet their Thursday crossover deadline -- when bills that don't deal with money or constitutional amendments must pass at least one chamber. Of course, that deadline has always been a bit artificial...Tags: Abortion Issue, Immigration, Personal Data Collection, Judges, Premature Birth
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Rebate could return almost $2 million to local government, schools
The Lima News, OhioThe Ohio Bureau of Workers' Compensation and Gov. John Kasich's office proposed to return more than $1 billion in workers' compensation rebates to 210,000 employers statewide, including an estimated $112 million to municipalities, libraries and schools....Tags: Local Government, John Kasich, Career and Workplace, Social Security, Employment Opportunities
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Baltimore's noble but flawed hiring bill
On the face of it, City Council President Bernard C. "Jack" Young's local hiring bill sounds eminently reasonable. When Baltimore spends its residents' tax dollars, why shouldn't it do so in a way that supports hiring city residents, particularly...
Tags: The Boston Globe, Career and Workplace, Stephanie Rawlings-Blake, Employment Opportunities, Local Government
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Baltimore's local hiring bill worth a try
The Sun's argument that Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake should veto Council President Bernard C. "Jack" Young's local hiring bill is quite weak on a number of fronts ("Noble but flawed," May 15). First, The Sun argues that if challenged, the proposed law...
Tags: Poverty, Justice System, Stephanie Rawlings-Blake, Career and Workplace, Judges
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Real GDP to grow by 4.4% in 2013
Arab News, Jeddah, Saudi ArabiaSaudi Arabia's real GDP is estimated to have expanded 6.8 percent in 2012, according to Global Investment House's review of the Saudi economy. Following the record oil production seen in 2012, the government has resorted to strong fiscal stimulus...Tags: Employment Opportunities, Commodity Markets, Investments, Environmental Issues, Petroleum Industry
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Yankton beef plant courts former Aberdeen employees
A beef processing plant in Yankton is courting laid-off workers from Northern Beef Packers in Aberdeen. Representatives from the Cimpl's beef processing plant in Yankton conducted job interviews Tuesday and have more interviews scheduled for Wednesday....
Tags: Career and Workplace, Employment Opportunities, Unemployment, Labor Legislation
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