Tag: unemployment rate
It’s boom times for recruiters as U.S. job market tightens
NEW YORK - It’s hardly ever been a better, or busier, time to be a recruiter in America.
Chris Nace - who’s done such work...
R.I. labor force grows in May as unemployed total drops as...
PROVIDENCE – Unemployment in Rhode Island declined 1.7 percentage points year over year in May from 5.3 percent to 3.6 percent on a non-seasonally...
Why aren’t American teenagers working anymore?
NEW YORK - This summer American teenagers should find it a little easier to get a job—if they want one.
The U.S. unemployment rate fell to...
Slower hiring, lower unemployment offer mixed U.S. labor signs
NEW YORK - The United States labor market gave mixed signals in May, with a decline in the unemployment rate to a 16-year low...
With labor force growth comes job growth, too
For a number of years, observers of the region’s economies have noted Rhode Island’s poorly performing labor force.
Following the Great Recession, the number of...
Stigma of criminal record fades as U.S. employers get desperate
NEW YORK - Shea Rochester, who once spent a month in jail on an assault charge that was later dropped, is now wanted in a...
Report: Mass. economy improves, but concerns over immigration policy loom
BOSTON - Massachusetts' economy is performing well, with several economic indicators either better, or close to even with pre-recession levels, according to the editorial...
Providence metro’s unemployment rate falls to 4.8% in March
PROVIDENCE – The Providence-Warwick-Fall River metropolitan area was among 336 metropolitan areas with unemployment rates lower in March than they were in March 2016,...
Are New England wages reverting to the mean, thus growing jobs?
At least in terms of unemployment statistics, New England must be doing something right. By more than a full percentage point at the end...
R.I. posts fourth largest unemployment rate decrease in March
PROVIDENCE - Rhode Island recorded the fourth-largest year-over-year decrease in its unemployment rate among the 50 states in March, dropping 1.1 percentage points to 4.3...
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