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• Job Havens: The Best Small- to Medium-Sized Cities

  BNET - 2009-04-01

  In this miserable job market, you gotta' go where the jobs are, and they aren't always in the big city. These three small- to mid-sized cities are riding out the economic storm and companies there are still hiring professional-level employees...Bigger isn't always better — these small- to medium-sized cities are...

  Tags: Job, City, Bureau Of Labor Statistics, MoneyWatch, Recruitment & Selection, Public Relations, Human Resources, Workforce Management, Marketing, Corporate Communications, Government, Best Cities, Employment, Washington, D.C., Des Moines, Portsmouth, Maggie Overfelt

• Employment; The gospel according to the book of jobs.(2007 City Facts)(Brief article)

  - 2007-07-02

  People are happier when they have jobs. So goes the New York economy. The unemployment rate is lower than it has been in years, and it even compares well with those for other big cities and the nation as a whole. No borough has been left behind...

  Tags: Annual, Bureau of Labor Statistics, job, U.S. Department of Labor, unemployment rate

• Ready for the gold watch.(MILESTONE)

  - 2007-01-01

  If it weren't for a knee injury, Tom Barrett might have never worked for Earnest Machine Products Co. But now, 50 years after he joined the Parma-based seller and distributor of bolts, nuts, screws and 35,000 other fasteners, his entire adult life has...

  Tags: Bureau of Labor Statistics, job, SALES, U.S. Department of Labor

• References.(Sex Discrimination in the Labor Market)

  - 2006-10-01

  Altonji, J. G. and R. M. Blank (1999), 'Race and gender in the labor market'. In: O. C. Ashenfelter and D. Card (eds.): Handbook of Labor Economics, Vol. 3. Amsterdam: Elsevier Science B.V. Anderson, D. J., M. Binder, and K. Krause (2003), 'The motherhood...

  Tags: Benefits, Bureau of Labor Statistics, gender, job, salary, U.S. Department of Labor, women

• Department of Labor sees big changes in next decade: every two years, the U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics forecasts trends for America's workforce for the coming decade. In February, BLS released its figures for 2002-2012, and the re

  - 2004-04-01

  Overall, the Bureau of Labor Statistics estimates that employment in the U.S. economy will rise 15 percent to 165 million, an increase of 21.3 million jobs. Much of franchising is conducted in the service industries and the BLS projections show almos Overall, the Bureau of Labor...

  Tags: Bureau of Labor Statistics, job, U.S. Department of Labor, workforce

• The U.S. economy to 2012: signs of growth: based on the assumptions used in developing economic projections, real GDP is expected to grow during the next decade, while productivity remains strong and inflation remains stable

  - 2004-02-01

  Every 2 years, the Bureau of Labor Statistics prepares a set of projected U.S. economic factors that form the basis for the employment projections program. This article presents the projections of U.S. economic factors that underlie the 2002-12 employment projections. This set of aggregate economic projections presents some unique challenges....

  Tags: Bureau of Labor Statistics, Federal Reserve Board, FINANCE, Government, income, inflation, investment, job, payment, productivity, surplus, Taxes, U.S.

• Chao Speaks to AFL-CIO Exec Council Meeting; Highlights Economic Plan's Benefits for Workers, Job Creation, DOL's Enforcement Record

  - 2003-02-26

  HOLLYWOOD, Fla., Feb. 26 /U.S. Newswire/ -- U.S. Secretary of Labor Elaine L. Chao today spoke to the annual winter executive council meeting of the AFL-CIO, stressing the benefits the Administration's economic growth proposal would provide for union members. It is the third annual AFL-CIO meeting Secretary Chao has...

  Tags: Administration, AFL-CIO, BENEFITS, Bureau of Labor Statistics, FINANCE, income, job, secretary, U.S. Department of Labor, worker

• U.S. labor market performance in international perspective: from 1960 to 2000, U.S. unemployment rates improved from relatively high to the lowest among the G7 countries; Canada and the United States were leaders in job creation, while Japan and Europe ha

  - 2002-06-01

  For developed economies, monthly unemployment and employment changes are considered the two most informative labor market indicators, providing knowledge about the current performance of the labor market and the economy as a whole. International analyses often focus on these two key indicators as well, to compare the functioning of labor...

  Tags: Bureau of Labor Statistics, Canada, Europe, Germany, Italy, Japan, job, leader, OECD, performance, U.S., unemployment, women, worker, youth

• More Hispanic, Texas Workers Dying on the Job.(Bureau of Labor Statistics report)

  - 2001-10-01

  Although overall workplace fatalities in the United States decreased 2% last year on-the-job deaths of Hispanics rose 12%, reports the Bureau of Labor Statistics. In 2000, 815 Hispanic workers died in work-related accidents, compared with 729 in 1999 Although overall workplace fatalities in the United States...

  Tags: Bureau of Labor Statistics, job, workplace

• Are the large central cities of the Midwest reviving?

  - 2001-06-22

  Introduction and summary Most central cities of the large metropolitan areas of the Midwest showed signs of improvement during the 1990s compared with the previous two decades, according to such broad measures as population, employment, unemployment, and income. If such gains can be sustained,...

  Tags: Bureau of Labor Statistics, Chicago, Dye, FINANCE, income, Indianapolis, job, Midwest, Milwaukee, Paul, Regional, Retail, U.S. Department of Commerce