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Last Friday, February’s jobs report was released, boasting a decrease in unemployment at 7.7 percent, which is the lowest level of unemployment in four years.…

With the state of the economy impacting the job frontier for nearly every part of the county, this week brings big news for the City of Richmond as the newest branch of the Resource Workforce Center opened its doors at 203 East Cary Street. Local residents on the job hunt who quite possibly have been […]

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Too often during this election season, discussions of how Black males are faring economically have been lumped in with rants about “shared responsibility and sacrifice.”…

WASHINGTON — A burst of hiring in December pushed the unemployment rate to its lowest level in nearly three years, giving the economy a boost at the end of 2011. SEE ALSO: Are Will And Jada Divorcing Obama Refocuses Military The Labor Department said Friday that employers added a net 200,000 jobs last month and […]

A recent article on the New York Times is about the way in which college graduates are facing greater and greater difficulty in finding employment after leaving school. The New York Times reports: Employment rates for new college graduates have fallen sharply in the last two years, as have starting salaries for those who can […]

Via:  www.newsone.com // WASHINGTON — The U.S. economy posted its largest job gain in three years in March, while the unemployment rate remained at 9.7 percent for the third straight month. The increase in payrolls is the latest sign that the economic recovery is gaining momentum and healing in the job market is beginning. Still, […]