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Factory Jobs Moving Overseas—From China to US

Kevin Spak — Tue, 22 May 2012 15:59:05 CDT

Manufacturing jobs are on the move, and this time, they're headed to the US. More and more companies are "reshoring" parts of their operations, bringing a steady trickle of jobs from Chinese plants to American ones, the Wall Street Journal reports. With the dollar dropping, and Asian wages and shipping...

How to Get a Job: Stay Positive for Months

Matt Cantor — Sun, 06 May 2012 16:20:05 CDT

If you're looking for a job, get ready to stick it out for four months—and keep up that can-do attitude. Researchers tracked the job search experiences of 177 unemployed subjects for 20 weeks and found that 72% of them got work, particularly those who maintained a good outlook. That...

Apple Has Killed a Half Million Jobs

Neal Colgrass — Sat, 05 May 2012 17:36:11 CDT

Accused of shipping American jobs overseas , Apple reacted by saying it has actually created US jobs— some 514,000 in fact . Now BusinessInsider takes a closer look at the numbers and finds that the tech behemoth has actually eliminated 490,570 positions, nearly the same amount it has created. Here's...

Unemployment Falls to 8.1%, but News Not All Good

Evann Gastaldo — Fri, 04 May 2012 07:53:18 CDT

The unemployment rate fell to 8.1% in April, the lowest it’s been since January 2009, the Wall Street Journal reports. But that still gets an "ouch" from blogger Steven Russolillo since just 115,000 jobs were added, when as many as 168,000 had been expected. "It fell below...

The 13 Most Worthless Majors

Matt Cantor — Mon, 23 Apr 2012 12:57:22 CDT

Hey, college students: If your life plans include getting an actual job, you may want to avoid the stars of the Daily Beast 's "most useless" majors list. Majors are ranked in terms of employment, taking into account unemployment rates among recent and experienced grads, earnings, and likely job growth...

More Than Half of College Grads Underemployed

Sun, 22 Apr 2012 17:59:05 CDT

The college class of 2012 is in for a rude welcome to the world of work. A weak labor market already has left half of young college graduates either jobless or underemployed in positions that don't fully use their skills and knowledge, according to an analysis of government data conducted...

More Young Women Want to Earn the Big Bucks

Matt Cantor — Thu, 19 Apr 2012 16:26:42 CDT

Among today's young people, more young women are eager to rake in cash than are their male counterparts. Some two-thirds of 18- to 34-year-old women say a successful, high-paying job is "one of the most important things" or "very important" to them, a Pew report finds, compared to 59% of...

Smile: People Are Quitting Their Jobs

Matt Cantor — Thu, 12 Apr 2012 17:00:05 CDT

February saw 2 million Americans quit their jobs—the most since November of 2008. And that's a very good sign for the rest of us, the Wall Street Journal notes. Quitting points to confidence in the economy, analysts say: If people don't think they'll be hired elsewhere, they tend to...

10 Worst Jobs in USA

Dustin Lushing — Wed, 11 Apr 2012 17:26:09 CDT

Hunting for a job? It may prove wise to avoid this list of toilsome occupations. Accounting for physical toughness, pay, stress, work environment, and hiring outlook, these are the 10 worst jobs in America, as deemed by career advice website CareerCast, and rounded up by the Huffington Post . Here's a...