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• Author: Kelly Cooke
• Posted: January 19, 2021

On Thursday, January 14, the Department of Labor released updated employment numbers. Another 965,000 Americans filed for unemployment benefits in the past seven days. This may be due to the seasonal holiday jobs ending at many reta...

• Author: William Asher
• Posted: January 19, 2021

The soon-to-be-president has a tall order before him — replacing the $10M jobs lost for the new economy and creating opportunities for the next generation of American workers. The United States ...

• Author: Chris Remington
• Posted: January 14, 2021

Full Employment & Jobs Creation Under Trump is the Worse in Almost 100 Years President Trump once said he would be “the greatest jobs president that God ever created.” This is in stark contra...

• Author: Jeffrey Simmons
• Posted: January 14, 2021

Although most economists didn't imagine the economic devastation brought upon the world by the COVID-19 pandemic, public health professionals weren't at all surprised about the wide-ranging effects of its worldwide s...

• Author: Michael Bordonada
• Posted: January 04, 2021

The COVID-19 pandemic has changed the way most people lived and worked in 2020. A lot of jobs soared in demand as employers tried to meet changing needs triggered by the pandemic. At the same time, other jobs disappeared, and ...

• Author: Monica Jackson
• Posted: January 04, 2021

The American economy lost more than 22 million jobs at the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic. Although it regained about 12 million jobs, that leaves 10 million fewer jobs now than the United States had one year ago. In...

• Author: Mary Singleton
• Posted: January 04, 2021

The COVID-19 pandemic hasn't just caused mass unemployment in the United States. It's affected countries around the world. One of the hardest-hit industries is travel and tourism. With lockdowns, quarantines and closures, fewer ...

• Author: Jacob Greene
• Posted: December 28, 2020

On December 25, the Bureau of Labor Statistics released a report about on-the-job accidents in the United States in 2019. Last year was the deadliest year in more than 12 years, reported the agency in its annual statement...

• Author: Bryan Miller
• Posted: December 28, 2020

'Tis the season to make New Year's resolutions. If you are trying to decide what resolutions may be the most beneficial to you in 2021, consider adding some goals designed to improve your profession...

• Author: Chris Remington
• Posted: December 28, 2020

The holiday season is usually a busy time of the year for workers. In most areas of the United States, unemployment drops during the holiday season. That's because so many retailers hire temporary full- and par...

• Author: Jeffrey Simmons
• Posted: December 22, 2020

After months of roadblocks on both sides of the political aisle, lawmakers are finally honing in on the details of a proposed COVID-19 relief package. The bill is expected to head to Congress before lawm...

• Author: Monica Jackson
• Posted: December 22, 2020

In this time of high unemployment and economic uncertainty related to the COVID-19 pandemic, the state of Ohio has been encouraging people to look at its Ohio Means Jobs website. The Lieutenant Governor has been promoting the site, s...

• Author: Mary Singleton
• Posted: December 22, 2020

The Bureau of Labor announced updated unemployment numbers on December 16, and the news isn't good. The number of new claims rose again, leading many people to wonder when the lost jobs will actually return to the company. The holiday season...

• Author: Mary Singleton
• Posted: December 07, 2020

If you're searching for work now, you're not alone. Millions of Americans are looking to return to their jobs after being furloughed and laid off. Especially with even the less generous provisions of the CA...

• Author: Jessica Williams
• Posted: December 07, 2020

The unemployment rate in Fairfield County, OH, dropped to 4.3% in October. Its high was 14% in April 2020. Corey Clark, who is the County Chief Deputy Director of Workforce Development says that this is a dyn...

• Author: Jeffrey Simmons
• Posted: November 30, 2020

There is no better time to earn some quick cash than during the holidays. A plethora of seasonal job options makes it easy to take on a position for the short-term without feeling the pressure to m...

• Author: Michael Bordonada
• Posted: November 03, 2020

Seasonal jobs around the holidays are often viewed as a simple and convenient way of collecting some extra funds. With many households struggling right now, plenty of people are hoping to get a seaso...

• Author: Michael Bordonada
• Posted: October 27, 2020

It is daunting enough to graduate from college and know that you have a job search waiting for you. Complicating this task even further is the sad truth that now you have to find this job during a globa...

• Author: William Asher
• Posted: October 27, 2020

The recession triggered by the COVID-19 pandemic is causing a huge overhaul of the American workforce. Jobs have been permanently lost at an extraordinary rate. Millions of Americans will have to find employment in a comp...

• Author: Chris Remington
• Posted: October 20, 2020

According to NBC News, President Trump's "jobs record is not what he thinks he [sic] it is." They're so anxious to get an anti-Trump headline out that they're not even proof-reading their headlines or prose. That isn't pro-Trump; that's ...

• Author: Jeffrey Simmons
• Posted: October 20, 2020

If you're one of the 898,000 people in the United States who filed a new claim for unemployment during the week ending October 10, 2020 or one of the 10 million already unemployed, Amazon warehouse and online...

• Author: William Asher
• Posted: October 13, 2020

For many decades, the oil and gas industries were some of the most reliable in the world. They employed people at all education levels and offered stable jobs for entire towns. However, as newer, more s...

• Author: Jessica Williams
• Posted: October 07, 2020

It was not a pretty week when it comes to layoffs. Several of the country's top business organizations announced mass layoffs as leaders struggle to keep finances afloat during this unprecedented economic clim...

• Author: Jessica Williams
• Posted: October 07, 2020

Lost in all of the more controversial political news has been the unveiling of Democratic candidate Joe Biden's 401(k) tax break policy. The former vice president recently unveiled his plans to overhau...

• Author: Jessica Williams
• Posted: September 21, 2020

A lot of research on the COVID-19 job market is focusing on how the virus is putting hourly hospitality workers out of work. However, it turns out that there are also some broader, more long lasting changes...

• Author: Kelly Cooke
• Posted: September 21, 2020

Remote jobs are on the rise thanks to the pandemic. The ability to work remotely makes it easier for people to live where they want, make time for childcare, and avoid getting sick. Not every job can be done remot...

• Author: Mary Singleton
• Posted: September 15, 2020

America is a nation that has long been politically polarized. While mainstream media likes to pretend this is a very recent phenomenon with Americans, you can look back to George Washington's presidency to find the pol...

• Author: Chris Remington
• Posted: September 15, 2020

Women Lost the Most Jobs but Rebounded Faster Under the first three years of Donald Trump's presidency, more women than ever before in American history were part of the workforce. More women were managers, CEOs and owners of the...

• Author: Jeffrey Simmons
• Posted: September 08, 2020

When the novel coronavirus turned into a full blown pandemic over eight months ago now, America started suffering job losses that have never been seen before. Even during the Great Depression of last century, more Americans kept their jobs...

• Author: Chris Remington
• Posted: August 24, 2020

For decades, the percentage of moms who have children under the age of 18 and work outside of the home has risen or remained steady. In 2019, 72.3% of moms who have children under the age of 18 worked at le...

• Author: Jeffrey Simmons
• Posted: August 18, 2020

April, 2020 was the worst month in American history in terms of lost jobs. Nearly 21 million jobs were lost in one single month, due to the various state shut downs to help curb the outbreak of the Covid-19 pandemic. While America’s eco...

• Author: Mary Singleton
• Posted: August 10, 2020

More than 30 million adults lost their jobs as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. Each week, more than 1 million people are filing new jobless claims. However, some industries are enjoying a faster recovery than others. R...

• Author: Monica Jackson
• Posted: August 04, 2020

If you’ve been unemployed for months due to the Covid-19 pandemic, your county economic development office, your local workforce development office, and your local community college can help you get back to wor...

• Author: Monica Jackson
• Posted: July 28, 2020

If you’re unemployed and your benefits are about to decrease or you fear eviction and wonder what’s next, try a new career path available from those working at home. The office is closed for the safety of ...

• Author: Monica Jackson
• Posted: July 28, 2020

You've probably seen the terrible news about the staggering 30 million Americans who've lost their jobs because of the COVID-19 pandemic. The industries with the biggest COVID-19 related job losses include resta...

• Author: Monica Jackson
• Posted: July 25, 2020

COVID-19 has disrupted virtually every aspect of life today. In addition to the health burden, the economy has suffered a significant hit, causing millions of businesses to either shut down or operate under a reduced capacity. A...

• Author: Jacob Greene
• Posted: August 05, 2020

The ongoing COVID-19 pandemic has left the economy in tatters. As the crisis continues to drag on, more and more individuals are losing their jobs. With unemployment at record highs and many states going backw...

• Author: Jeffrey Simmons
• Posted: October 11, 2020

According to job statistics by the Department of Labor, the country's unemployment rate hit as high as 15% in April this year. This implies that businesses are firing workers as a survival strategy. Chances are that you also have bee...

• Author: Monica Jackson
• Posted: August 08, 2020

Many American workers have been called back to the office after teleworking for months due to COVID-19. It is not always easy to go back after spending so long in a different environment. Work just feels di...

• Author: Michael Bordonada
• Posted: October 18, 2020

According to the US Labor Department June jobs report, there were 4.8 million jobs added back to the economy during the last month. This number marks the second consecutive month of significant gains after ...

• Author: Mary Singleton
• Posted: December 01, 2020

The ongoing COVID-19 health crisis has done a real number on the stock market. As the markets continue to experience extreme volatility, many retirement accounts have been put in flux. This uncertaint...

• Author: Mary Singleton
• Posted: December 14, 2020

The end of July has been referred to by some as the "unemployment cliff." Fiscal stimulus and aid passed by Congress have cushioned the blow of unemployment by giving people a lifeline. Specifically, Congress approve...

• Author: Michael Bordonada
• Posted: July 30, 2020

In late May, almost every expert in the world of finance and in print journalism was furiously writing a variety of essays, op-eds and articles about the looming disaster that would be revealed in June, telling the ...

• Author: Jeffrey Simmons
• Posted: September 11, 2020

Once upon a time in the United States of America, the free press, whose rights are guaranteed in the nation’s Constitution, were an honest and powerful force for good. In 2020, with hundreds of competing networks fighting...

• Author: William Asher
• Posted: September 06, 2020

In just the matter of a few short months, the whole landscape of college education has drastically changed. The continuing COVID-19 health crisis has affected nearly all facets of life, including the college ...

• Author: Michael Bordonada
• Posted: December 30, 2020

Economists were bracing for another terrible monthly jobs report when the latest figures were released on Friday. The May jobs report was expected to demonstrate another month of staggering unemployme...

• Author: Jessica Williams
• Posted: December 13, 2020

According to the latest jobs report, the unemployment rate is now at 13.3%, a strong indication that the economy is struggling to stay afloat. While there is a glimmer of hope for the jobs market as states begin t...

• Author: Chris Remington
• Posted: September 04, 2020

How Do You Go Back to Work As 41 Million Americans Collect Unemployment? Returning to work as your employer reopens requires you to commute and work safely possibly with extra housekeeping duties. You ...

• Author: William Asher
• Posted: December 05, 2020

The numbers are truly staggering. Since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, over 35 million Americans are now unemployed. This number equates to a mind-blowing realization that approximately one in four Amer...

• Author: Mary Singleton
• Posted: December 06, 2020

As the country begins the slow and delicate process of opening back up for business, many business leaders are grappling with how to make employees feel comfortable returning to the workplace. There...

• Author: Jeffrey Simmons
• Posted: August 22, 2020

As of May, 2020, over 30 million Americans have lost their jobs due to the coronavirus pandemic. For a lot of these unemployed people, their jobs are likely to come back once the virus scare has passed; though for many more, their jobs are...

• Author: Chris Remington
• Posted: October 26, 2020

The ongoing COVID-19 health pandemic has highlighted the benefits of working from home. Those workers who were able to easily transition into a remote position are in a better place to weather this eco...

• Author: Michael Bordonada
• Posted: October 30, 2020

The handful of companies looking for candidates right now are certainly not bringing them into their offices for an interview these days. However, when it comes to the job search the show must go on nonetheless. Like everything else in t...

• Author: William Asher
• Posted: August 01, 2020

The US Federal Reserve released a new report on Thursday detailing a grim picture of the jobs situation. More than 36 million Americans filed jobless claims over the past two months. The record-breaking cl...

• Author: William Asher
• Posted: August 22, 2020

As expected, the latest job report is nothing to cheer about. According to the stats from the US Department of Labor, a record 20.5 million jobs were lost over the month of April alone. This equates to a ...

• Author: Mary Singleton
• Posted: August 08, 2020

As of late April, 2020, the United States of America is looking at 30 million new unemployment claims filed since mid-March. This is an incredible number of people who have lost their jobs, for no other reason than states have deemed most ...

• Author: Michael Bordonada
• Posted: September 18, 2020

COVID-19 has been a massive disruption in the job market and has greatly impacted the career plans of tens of millions of Americans. You do not have to let the crisis, or even job loss, derail your career progression. You can ...

• Author: Mary Singleton
• Posted: January 11, 2021

As of April 14, 2020, over 30 million Americans have found themselves unemployed in developments that only took place over the past few months. What’s so shocking for so many is that the industries haven’t failed. America’...

• Author: Jacob Greene
• Posted: October 09, 2020

With rates of unemployment currently projected to be higher than the peak of the Great Depression, many Americans are concerned about their abilities to obtain and retain employment. Many were laid o...

• Author: Jessica Williams
• Posted: August 31, 2020

Online training platforms have been used by employers for awhile as a replacement for paying in-person instructors. They usually save money and are more efficient. One common complaint about these platforms is th...

• Author: Jessica Williams
• Posted: December 20, 2020

America had a job market that was rife with opportunity. It seemed as though almost every sector was seeing a boom in employment. Many investors were becoming bolder as economic optimism was becoming more and more...

• Author: Bryan Miller
• Posted: September 25, 2020

The United States Congress and President Trump signed a stimulus for $2.2 trillion that was meant to spur the economy. Though what most media doesn’t tell the public is how the money is actually handled. The average person thin...

• Author: Chris Remington
• Posted: November 03, 2020

Most people have moved on from the blame-game associated with Covid-19, the global pandemic that’s sweeping vigorously through over 130 nations. Barring a very small minority of people who use the occasion to blame Donald Tru...

• Author: Mary Singleton
• Posted: November 26, 2020

According to the March jobs report released on Friday, the US cut 701,000 jobs while the unemployment rate jumped from 3.5% to 4.4%. It is no secret that the economy has taken a massive hit as a result o...

• Author: Mary Singleton
• Posted: November 02, 2020

One of the scariest aspects of the Coronavirus is that we can never really tell just how prolific it is spreading. Because it can gestate and lie dormant for up to 14 days, while those infected can pass it on without ev...

• Author: Chris Remington
• Posted: December 05, 2020

The nation is very much torn on President Donald Trump, as sides of political parties remain incredibly polarized over his term as POTUS. Though no matter where one stands on his presidency, the fact of the matter is that President Trump ha...

• Author: Jacob Greene
• Posted: September 23, 2020

While many have lost their jobs, at least temporarily, due to the Coronavirus crisis, some businesses are becoming more profitable than ever before. Unfortunately, restaurants, bars, and the like have large...

• Author: William Asher
• Posted: October 25, 2020

Just within the past week, almost 300,000 new unemployment claims have been submitted to various states. Since most states have some form of public unemployment insurance, this means that many people will star...

• Author: Jessica Williams
• Posted: November 16, 2020

Will 2020 Bring a Revolution in International Job-Creation? CNN Money predicts that 5 million jobs will be lost to robotics technology during 2020. Nearly 10,000 jobs in the retail industry have already been lost in...

• Author: Monica Jackson
• Posted: September 05, 2020

Chances are that by now, you've heard that many employers are either offering employees the option of working from home or demanding that they work from home to combat the Coronavirus issue the nation faces righ...

• Author: Kelly Cooke
• Posted: January 07, 2021

A long time ago, only about seven percent of Americans attended college. Employers presumed these young people to be very intelligent and would often train them for free at the workplace. However, college admi...

• Author: Kelly Cooke
• Posted: August 12, 2020

Since the inception of America, the way that the majority of the populations makes enough money to live has remained pretty consistent. People make an agreement to be compensated either for the amount of ti...

• Author: Kelly Cooke
• Posted: July 30, 2020

It's Becoming the Norm for Older Employees to Keep Working, But Why? With the standard age of retirement going up each year, along with standard life expectancy, many assume that people are simply working lo...

• Author: Monica Jackson
• Posted: December 18, 2020

With an ever-changing job market, one year makes a huge difference in the market. Most trends ushered in by the New Year are related to technology. Knowing and following these can help you with both your p...

• Author: Jacob Greene
• Posted: September 21, 2020

In news that has sent the stock market soaring, the November jobs number has blown past expectations, and unemployment has dropped to a 50-year low. By midday, the market was up over one percent. This repr...

• Author: William Asher
• Posted: August 29, 2020

The jobs report that was released by the Department of Labor on December 6 showed a blowout number of new jobs created and a falling unemployment rate. Normally, you would generally think that competition for worke...

• Author: Chris Remington
• Posted: October 10, 2020

As a valued member, we are excited to bring these new gig options to you. Many people are taking advantage of gigs to supplement or be their primary income because you work your own schedule, get paid regularly, and work for yourself. T...

• Author: Monica Jackson
• Posted: October 19, 2020

Anytime a good employee turns in his resignation is a sign that a company is in trouble. But too often managers are blaming everything but their own behavior for helping to drive good employees out the door. Not only is i...

• Author: William Asher
• Posted: November 29, 2020

Data entry jobs have always been desirable, and doing them from home is an easy way to make extra money on the side or a full-time income. However, you need to be careful when signing up for an at-home position, because there are ...

• Author: Michael Bordonada
• Posted: August 16, 2020

According to ADP, which is a payroll processor, 135,000 jobs were added in September. Hurricane Irma and Hurricane Harvey slowed down the hiring process. These hurricanes will likely have an effect on the hiring process for a lo...

• Author: Chris Remington
• Posted: November 07, 2020

So you want a high paying job but do not want to stack up thousands or even hundreds of thousands of dollars in student loan debt? Look no further! Check out these 10 high paying jobs that you do not need a degree to get: 1. Postal Ser...