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Job market challenging for young adults across the Ozarks
selzie@kspr.comSPRINGFIELD, Mo. - Students across the Ozarks are graduating this month and jumping into the job market, but they could be in for a challenge. New numbers show unemployment is the highest among young adults. Around this time of year, officials say they...Tags: Unemployment, Employment Opportunities, Career and Workplace, Employment
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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: Tampa, Palm Beach (Palm Beach, Florida), Unemployment Rate, Labor Legislation, Rick Scott
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California Latinos face stark workforce training gap, study says
With community colleges turning students away for lack of available slots, Latinos are projected to face disproportionately higher workforce training gaps, a study released Friday found. That means lower wages over the lifetime of an estimated 840,000...
Tags: Corinthian Colleges Inc., Colleges and Universities, Government Debt, Social Issues
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Minnesota lawmakers spell out tax increase details
St. Paul Pioneer PressGov. Mark Dayton and DFL legislative leaders have cut a deal on a tax bill that will increase income taxes on top earners and more than double cigarette taxes, clearing the way for the Legislature pass a budget and get their work done by Monday's deadline...Tags: Rentals, Property, Politics, Parties and Movements, Republican Party
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May consumer sentiment highest in nearly 6 years
(Reuters) - U.S. consumer sentiment rebounded in early May to the highest level in nearly six years, an encouraging sign after recent data that has suggested economic growth is cooling. A gauge of future economic activity released on Friday also...Tags: Thomson Corporation, Stock Market, Economy, Business and Finance, St. Petersburg (Pinellas, Florida), Prices
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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: Unemployment Rate, Unemployment, Employment Opportunities, Career and Workplace, Marketing
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May consumer sentiment highest in nearly six years
ReutersNEW YORK (Reuters) - Americans felt better about their economic and financial prospects in early May as consumer sentiment rose to the highest level in nearly six years, an encouraging sign after other recent data had suggested broader U.S. growth is...Tags: Thomson Corporation, Stock Market, S&P 500, Economy, Business and Finance, St. Petersburg (Pinellas, Florida)
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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, Skype, Peace Corps, Unemployment, 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: Politics, Washington, DC, Unemployment, Employment Opportunities, Career and Workplace
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BRIEF: S.C. jobless rate drops to 5-year low of 8% in April
The Post and Courier, Charleston, S.C.South Carolina's unemployment rate fell to a five-year low of 8 percent in April from 8.4 percent in March, the largest month-to-month decrease in more than 25 years. The jobless rate is the lowest since October 2008 and represents the largest month-to-...Tags: Nikki Haley, Unemployment, Employment Opportunities, Career and Workplace, Employment
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California's unemployment rate drops to 9%
California’s pace of job creation slowed in April, as employers added 10,300 jobs in April, nevertheless pushing the state’s unemployment rate down to 9% from 9.4% the month before. Employers had added twice as many jobs in March as they did...
Tags: Employment Opportunities, Unemployment, Career and Workplace, Government Debt, Employment
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Unemployment rate drops across tri-city region
Unemployment rates continued to drop in the tri-city area last month, boosted by job gains in trade, transportation and utilities, as well as leisure/hospitality and residential construction. However, after seeing some strengthening the past few months,...
Tags: Employment Opportunities, Unemployment, Career and Workplace, Employment
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