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ANALYSIS

 Many Jobs Are Gone Forever 

Employment picture likely to remain grim for years, and predicting winning industries is a challenge

Oct 5, 09 2:28 PM CDT
(Newser) - The job market is likely to be grim for years to come—economists expect that even if job creation returned to the brisk pace of the ‘90s, unemployment wouldn’t return to 5% until 2017. And for many of the unemployed, the numbers belie the real problem: The positions... More »

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health care • employment • recession • unemployment • job • job creation • green jobs • recession depression

 Time-Starved Working 
 Parents Eat Poorly: Study 

Low-income work schedules make healthy eating difficult

Sep 10, 09 2:59 PM CDT
(Newser) - The nature of low-income employment promotes unhealthy eating, Time reports. Over half of working parents in low-to-moderate income communities relied on dietary “coping” measures when their schedules couldn’t accommodate a full meal, according to a new Cornell University study. Those strategies included skipping breakfast or family meals,... More »

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obesity • parenting • health • obesity epidemic • public health • diet • unemployment • Cornell University • healthy eating • job • dinner

 Women Gain as 
 Recession Batters 
 Male-Dominated Fields 

Men have lost 3 times as many jobs as women since Dec. 2007

Sep 3, 09 12:32 PM CDT
(Newser) - The US job market is closer than ever to gender equality because the recession has most heavily affected male-dominated industries, USA Today reports. Women held 49.83% of the nation’s jobs as of June. Since the recession began in December 2007, 74% of the 6.4 million jobs lost... More »

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women • employment • income • recession • gender in business • job • recession depression

 Help Wanted: 
 Fed Govt. 
 Needs 600K 
 New Workers 

270K new hires deemed critical to make up for retirement

Sep 3, 09 11:30 AM CDT
(Newser) - The federal government must hire 600,000 people over the next 4 years to balance a wave of retirement and keep pace with President Obama’s ambitions, the Washington Post reports. Nearly half of those positions are considered absolutely essential for agencies to provide their services, a new report states,... More »

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Barack Obama • government spending • employment • bureaucracy • Department of Homeland Security • Federal government • job • Obama administration • President Obama • hiring

(Newser) - We job-obsessed Americans like to say we work like dogs, but over in Russia they call it "working like Americans," notes Stephen Marche in Esquire, where he probes the "insane" American addiction to work. It's a habit we may finally break, but only thanks to soaring unemployment.... More »

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The Office • unemployment • work addiction • job • workplace

MARKETS

 Jobs Lift Stocks; Dow Up 114 

Unemployment report fuels rally

Aug 7, 09 3:15 PM CDT
(Newser) - Good news about the labor market fueled a rally in stocks today, the Wall Street Journal reports. Slowing declines in payrolls and a 0.1% drop in unemployment—both figures beat expectations—elevated investor sentiment. AIG jumped 22.2% after reporting a $1.8 billion quarterly profit. The Dow gained... More »

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Dow Jones • unemployment • Nasdaq • AIG • payrolls • job market • S&P 500 • job

 Today's Sexy Job: Statistician 

With so much data to crunch, firms need them—and will pay up

Aug 6, 09 10:12 AM CDT
(Newser) - Forget the nerdy image: In today’s digital world, statisticians are hot, the New York Times reports. Big firms like Google need number-crunchers to parse piles of data, and they’re willing to pay for it—a statistician with a PhD can rake in $125,000 in his or her... More »

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Google • Internet • employment • data • statistics • job • statistician

(Newser) - If the downturn has you considering a “recession-proof” job like teaching or medicine, think again, Greg Burns writes in the Chicago Tribune. The recession has affected all sectors, from layoffs and lower enrollment at educational institutions to dwindling state budgets choking civil servants. “It’s a question of... More »

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employment • recession • unemployment • job • financial crisis

OPINION


 Obama: Time 
 to Rebuild 
 Stronger 
 Than Ever 

President confident that nation will emerge from recession better than before

Jul 12, 09 11:05 AM CDT
(Newser) - Fresh off a whirlwind world tour, President Obama is turning his attention once again to his domestic agenda. In a Washington Post editorial, Obama says his administration’s “swift and aggression action has helped pull our financial system and our economy back from the brink.” But the president... More »

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education • health care • Barack Obama • recession • editorial • job • Obama administration

UK Phone Firm Seeks 160-Word Resumes

Text messages force 'sassy' applicants to
get to the point

Jul 5, 09 3:50 PM CDT
(Newser) - A British firm is asking job candidates to apply for its marketing job by text message, BBC reports. With a 160-character word limit, mobile phone services company Teimlo hopes to separate those who “just want any job” from applicants who are “sassy” and “good with words,”... More »

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United Kingdom • text message • job • mobile phones • job application

OPINION

We're Doomed Without
Another Stimulus: Krugman

Jobs report offers scary echoes of 1930s stagnation

Jul 3, 09 7:35 AM CDT
(Newser) - Yesterday's grim jobs report is the clearest sign yet that the US desperately needs another fiscal stimulus, writes Paul Krugman in the New York Times. This is 1930s redux: a Democratic president has pushed through an insufficient program, while strapped state governments cancel out federal spending with their own budget... More »

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Barack Obama • recession • unemployment • deflation • Paul Krugman • economic stimulus package • Great Depression • job • Christina Romer

ANALYSIS

Bleak Jobs Report Raises Red Flags on Recovery

Weak labor market expected to cause longer recession

Jul 3, 09 5:54 AM CDT
(Newser) - So much for those so-called green shoots of recovery. Yesterday's worse-than-expected unemployment report has far more red flags of warning on the jobs front, writes Moira Herbst in BusinessWeek. Among them: the average work week shrank to 33 hours, the lowest on record; hourly earnings remained flat; long-term unemployment rose... More »

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employment • recession • unemployment • employment report • job

 Saudi Women 
 Learn to Sell 
 Bras—But 
 Still Can't 

Women push for
the right to work in
underwear shops

Jun 24, 09 6:24 PM CDT
(Newser) - Two dozen Saudi women are pushing change in Saudi Arabia, one underwear at a time. The graduates of the first lingerie class in the kingdom—where women can't sell such products—learned essentials such as how to measure bra sizes during the 10-day class. An Australian woman taught the course,... More »

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Saudi Arabia • Muslim women • lingerie • job • underwear • women's issues

Ensign Helped Aide's Hubby Get Pair of Jobs

Mistress' spouse worked for two firms with tight ties to senator

Jun 19, 09 8:48 AM CDT
(Newser) - Doug Hampton stopped working for Sen. John Ensign—who was having an affair with Hampton’s wife—in April of last year; he then took jobs with two firms with very tight ties to his former boss, Politico reports. Said an Ensign rep: “Just as he has done for... More »

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affair • John Ensign • job • Cindy Hampton • Doug Hampton

OPINION

Obama's 'Jobs Saved' Claims Are Pure Hokum

Ex-Bushie: Media won't call White House on its unmeasurable metric

Jun 9, 09 8:46 AM CDT
(Newser) - President Obama confidently declared yesterday that the stimulus plan had already “saved or created” 150,000 American jobs and would “save or create” another 600,000 by this summer. Which is pretty surprising, former Bush official William McGurn writes in the Wall Street Journal, because the economy’... More »

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Bush administration • employment • unemployment • Tony Fratto • economic stimulus package • job • Obama administration • President Obama • William McGurn

MARKETS

 Dow Ends Big Week Up 13 


Jun 5, 09 3:15 PM CDT
(Newser) - The markets stalled today even as the Dow flirted with its peak for the year, the Wall Street Journal reports. An early rally on better-than-expected job loss data lost steam on news that the unemployment rate itself grew to its highest since 1983. And insiders aren’t sure that... More »

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NASDAQ • New York Stock Exchange • Dow Jones • unemployment • job cuts • S&P 500 • job • financial data • energy sector

 Wal-Mart to Create 
 22K More US Jobs 

But retailer has slowed expansion

Jun 4, 09 12:59 PM CDT
(Newser) - Wal-Mart plans to add 22,000 jobs to its US stores this year, down from last year's 33,800 new jobs in the face of slowed expansion. The retailer has gained market share from recession-minded consumers, but hasn't been immune to the downturn, and recently slashed 700 jobs in its... More »

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recession • unemployment • Wal-Mart • job • job creation

GM Close to Hummer Sale That Would Save 3K US Jobs

Has picked a buyer; deal would be finalized by Sept.

May 31, 09 10:14 AM CDT
(Newser) - GM has selected an unnamed investor to buy its hulking Hummer brand, in a move aimed at saving more than 3000 US jobs, sources tell the Wall Street Journal. They say the company hopes to seal the deal, rumored to be in the $200 million range, by September. An... More »

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General Motors • Detroit • business • employment • Hummer • job • investor • cars • brand

This Mother's Day, She's
Likely at Work

Women take on role
of breadwinner as
4 of 5 lost jobs hit men

May 10, 09 10:19 AM CDT
(Newser) - She's chef, cheerleader, and Florence Nightengale to scraped knees, but with the economy stinking like a previously enjoyed diaper, Mom is more and more often also a family's breadwinner, reports NPR. As male-dominated industries hemorrhage jobs, 14% of working moms are taking second jobs, a survey suggests. The recession has... More »

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layoffs • men • women's rights • recession • working mothers • job market • job • equal pay

Bailed-Out GM to Take More Jobs Overseas

Cars sold here, built elsewhere to double amid taxpayer support

May 8, 09 6:37 AM CDT
(Newser) - General Motors is set to boost its overseas operations, nearly doubling the number of cars it builds outside the US but sells here—even though billions of government dollars are supporting the firm and its restructuring plans, the Washington Post reports. This puts the Obama administration in a tight position:... More »

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General Motors • outsourcing • automaker • job • Obama administration • auto bailout

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