Business InsiderSalaries & Wages 4 things that might explain the labor shortage hitting the reopening American economy verified_publisherBusiness Insider - Ayelet SheffeyThe pandemic cost millions of Americans their jobs, and while the Bureau of Labor Statistics found that 9.7 million of them are actively seeking work, businesses are reporting significant labor shortages....
Chicago TribuneUnemployment Unemployment is high, yet businesses are struggling to find workers. Here are 5 ways to make sense of that. Chicago Tribune - Neil IrwinThere are two distinct, and completely opposite, ways of looking at the American job market. One would be to consult the data tables produced every month by the Bureau of Labor Statistics, which suggest...
Pandemics Why this recession is a 'she-cession' newsday.com - Victor Ocasio The pandemic's disproportionate financial blow to women, and especially women of color, is likely to be felt for years to come, leading many …
The AtlanticCollege & University What the Pandemic Has Done to the Class of 2020 verified_publisherThe Atlantic - Sarah HoffmannNoah Baumbach’s 1995 film, Kicking and Screaming, opens at a college-graduation party. Students dressed in boxy suits and flouncy dresses mill around campus, savoring their final moments of collegiate...
Finance Australian Economic Forecasts - The Forward View propertyupdate.com.au - Michael Yardney There’s little doubt Australia’s economic recovery has surprised even the most optimistic of us. Consumer and business confidence are high and 90% of …
South China Morning Post China China’s job market improves a year after coronavirus shock, but young people still face ‘pressure’ verified_publisherSouth China Morning Post - Sidney Leng China’s job market has improved steadily since the height of the coronavirus pandemic early in 2020, but it is still struggling with a shortage of …
New England Massachusetts unemployment rate inches down masslive.com - Jim Kinney The Massachusetts unemployment rate continued to improve in March, falling just 2 tenths of a percentage point to 6.8%, the state Executive Office of …
Freelancing Freelancers Face Frustration in Full-Time Job Searches - Discoveries thesocietypages.org - Jean Marie Maier on April 15, 2021 Gig workers, such as Uber drivers or Instacart deliverers, face challenges when attempting to transition to full-time work. But the category of …
Finance How COVID-19 Has Altered Online Talent Markets staffing.com - Matthew M. F. Miller More than 4 million Americans have exited the labor force since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic. The unemployment rate and total number of …
United States More North Carolinians leaving labor force helps send state jobless rate to pandemic low of 5.2% journalnow.com - Richard Craver The state’s jobless rate moved closer to pre-COVID-19 pandemic levels during March with the rate decreasing to 5.2%, the N.C. Commerce Department …
Business (Australia) Australia creates 2300 jobs per day as economy bounces back thenewdaily.com.au - Euan Black Almost 2300 jobs were created every day in March as the economy once again exceeded expectations.More than 70,000 Australians found new jobs over the …
Gender The Trojan-horse mechanism: How networks reduce gender segregation sciencemag.org The segregation of labor markets along ethnic and gender lines is socially highly consequential, and the social science literature has long viewed …
Pandemics Opinion | Careers sidelined by COVID-19, moms find hope for job recovery through community verified_publisherthestar.com - Brandie Weikle Before COVID hit, Rachel Gilbert had spent six years as a freelance patient safety specialist. “I’d been in and out of the workforce as a result of …
BloombergEarly Childhood Education Moms Are Struggling to Break Back Into the U.S. Workforce verified_publisherBloomberg - Olivia Rockeman, Reade Pickert, Catarina Saraiva Women are returning to the workforce after leaving in droves but they face hurdles ranging from career gaps to patchy school reopenings Marianne Russo …
Finance There is a glaring problem with Australia's economic 'recovery' verified_publisherabc.net.au - David Taylor Plenty of economic reports come across my desk on a daily basis. Some stand out more than others. This one, from SEEK, caught my eye. It begins like …
Business InsiderUnemploymentSpanish unemployment falls below 4 million in its best March in 6 years while average employment and permanent contracts... verified_publisherBusiness Insider - Adrián Francisco VarelaThis is an automated machine translation of an article published by Business Insider in a different language. Machine translations can generate errors or inaccuracies; we will continue the work to improve...
Southern Africa SA's efforts to tackle joblessness can be more effective: here's how enca.com - eNCA Youth unemployment is one of South Africa’s most intractable challenges, made worse by COVID-19. Prior to the pandemic the unemployment rate …
Chicago TribuneVisas Biden quietly reversed Trump’s ban on worker visas. Will it help or hurt the US economy? Chicago Tribune - Don Lee, Los Angeles TimesPresident Joe Biden has quietly relaxed one of former President Trump’s signature immigration bans against foreign workers with skills that U.S. employers say they cannot find in the domestic labor market....
U.S. Politics Biden confronts decades of union decline in bid to boost wages miamiherald.com - STEVE MATTHEWS AND PAYNE LUBBERS Bloomberg News President Joe Biden’s strategy of bolstering labor unions as a way to enhance American workers’ pay is running up against a half century of setbacks …
Unemployment Colorado unemployment rate remains stubbornly flat - Denver Business Journal bizjournals.com - Ed Sealover Colorado’s unemployment rate remained largely flat for the third straight month in March, though a top state economist said again that he expects it …
Farming Deeply Rooted: How Asian American Farmers Shaped U.S. Agriculture thespruceeats.com - Tam Le They tried to bury us. They didn't know we were seeds. — Dinos Christianopoulos Minari is shattering records for Asian and Asian-American …
Avatar Australia NewsChristmas Island Kristina Keneally to make own way to Christmas Island after Peter Dutton blocks use of RAAF jet verified_publisher Australia News - Amy RemeikisLabor senator Kristina Keneally will make her own way to Christmas Island to visit a Tamil family who have been held in immigration detention since 2019, after Peter Dutton cancelled the use of a government...
The BalancePandemics Dramatic Drop in Unemployment Claims Sets New Pandemic Low verified_publisherThe Balance - Rob Anthes The number of people initiating claims for unemployment benefits dropped to its lowest level since the start of the pandemic, signaling the job …
College & University 3 Questions: Deborah Liverman on helping students overcome career uncertainty mit.edu MIT Career Advising and Professional Development (CAPD) has a simple mission statement: engaging undergraduates, graduate students, alumni, and …
LaddersPandemics Weekly unemployment claims fall to pandemic-low as recovery continues verified_publisherLadders - Kyle Schnitzer Weekly jobless claims fell last week to a pandemic low, instilling confidence in the job market’s recovery with the potential of an economic boom on …
United States CT hiring surges in March as workers cycle off unemployment aid ctpost.com - Alexander Soule “While still high, it’s great progress as the labor force increased, the number of employed increased and the number of unemployed decreased in …
Liberal View Washington’s Inflation Hysteria Is Fueled by Corporate Greed newrepublic.com - Bruce Bartlett With the help of Larry Summers and a battery of conservatives, the business lobby is disingenuously warning that Biden’s recovery plans will actually …
The Wall Street Journal.Pandemics Jobless Claims Fell to a New Pandemic Low Last Week The Wall Street Journal. - Sarah Chaney CambonUnemployment claims declined to the lowest level since the coronavirus pandemic struck last spring, adding to signs the U.S. economic revival is picking up speed. Jobless claims, a proxy for layoffs, to...
Ms. MagazineRace & Ethnicity Tina Tchen Makes the Economic Case for Investing in Care Infrastructure and Talks Violence Against Asian Women Ms. Magazine - Lisa Rabasca Roepe Lisa Rabasca Roepe: Over 2.3 million women have dropped out of the labor force between February 2020 and February 2021 (compared to 1.8 million men …
Finance Record shift off benefit 'sign of improving job market' stuff.co.nz - SUSAN EDMUNDS A record number of people moved from a benefit into employment in the March quarter, Social Development Minister Carmel Sepuloni says. There were …
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