Friday’s report from the Labor Department also showed that the unemployment rate dipped from 3.9% to 3.8%.
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More Mainers are working, but unemployment rate remains at 3.4%
The health care and social assistance sector saw the biggest increases in new workers amid a labor shortage that has caused a crisis in access to health care.
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Immigration is fueling U.S. economic growth while politicians rage
The surprising pace of U.S. job growth is attributable in part to immigrants.
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Tyson is hiring immigrants in New York for jobs no one else wants
Tyson is joining the nonprofit Tent Partnership for Refugees with a plan to hire some of the 181,400 migrants that have come through New York City’s intake system over the last 2 years.
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U.S. employers pull back on hiring in October, add 150,000 jobs in face of higher borrowing rates
Strikes against Detroit’s automakers likely shrank last month’s job growth by at least 30,000.
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L.L. Bean Bootmobile meets Planters Nutmobile in corporate crossover
A 13.5-foot-tall boot and an 11.5-foot-tall peanut — both on wheels — met in the L.L. Bean employee parking lot Sunday. Instagram handles, honey-roasted peanuts and miniature L.L. Bean boot keychains were exchanged.
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Fewer Americans apply for jobless benefits as labor market keeps humming along
The four-week moving average of claims, a less volatile measure, rose by 2,250 to 236,750.
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Still hiring: Big Tech layoffs give other sectors an opening
The federal government is making the most aggressive effort to hire thousands of software engineers, data scientists and cybersecurity specialists.
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Amazon, Marriott and other companies vow to hire thousands of refugees in Europe
Adidas, Starbucks, L’Oreal, PepsiCo and Hyatt have also joined in the pledge.
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View from Away: One answer to the migration crisis? Jobs
The Biden administration’s sensible new policy for asylum seekers — requiring them to submit applications in Latin American countries before arriving — seems to have preempted a wave of migration to the border, at least for now. But what about those the US has already legally admitted into the country, who are being blocked from […]