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April Jobs Report Paints Bleak Picture for Employment and the Economy
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 ...
How to Recover From a Job Loss Due to COVID-19
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...
Despite Soaring Sales, Best Buy Cut 5,000 Jobs
During the COVID-19 pandemic's early days, millions of American workers were sent home to do their work. Tens of millions of K-12 and college students were sent home to complete their educational year online. Those people needed...
Best Summer for Teen Jobs in 68 Years
The economy of America is often a mess and certainly another polarizing area of life for its citizens. Since the mid 1950s, when the minimum wage really started to take off all across America, the idea of the "teen job" started to die o...
Remote Jobs In Demand During New Pandemic Surge
Two weeks to flatten the curve. Just another month of lock-downs. Just keep your masks on and it'll be fine. Okay, as soon as the vaccines are released, everything will go back to normal. No, wait, everyone needs mandatory vac...
Fuzzy Job Math Works in Biden's Favor
After the first week of every month, the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) releases their monthly Jobs Report for the previous month. For the longest time in the USA, nobody really cared what this report had to say. Yes, we know, sometim...
It's Becoming the Norm for Older Employees to Keep Working, But Why?
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...
How to Keep Your Career on Track During COVID-19
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 ...
THIS Job Sector Lost 100,000 Jobs During COVID and Most Aren't Returning
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...
