Tag: Jobs

In an economy in which patterns of specialization and trade are always changing, Arnold Kling argues, it's impossible to maintain stable local employment patterns. (AP Photo)

Why we have, and probably will keep having, sluggish job growth

Michael Barone · June 19, 2016 4:01 am

A first: More workers at online sites than newspapers

Paul Bedard · June 17, 2016 12:05 pm

First-time jobless claims, which are adjusted for seasonal variations, had spiked up near 300,000 in early May, but then drifted back down to historically low levels. (AP Photo/David Goldman, File)

Jobless claims rise to 277,000, ending falling streak

Joseph Lawler · June 16, 2016 12:32 pm

The program is providing job training and education grants that range between $3 and $4 million to 14 different partnerships across the country. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski, File)

Labor Department provides $54 million in grants to low-skilled workers

Gabriella Ciuffetelli · June 14, 2016 8:26 pm

Teacher retirement costs are now 11 percent of their total compensation. (AP Photo/Bebeto Matthews)

Beltway Confidential

Guess how expensive teacher retirement costs are

Jason Russell · June 14, 2016 8:21 pm

Editorial cartoon: Beach bummer

Washington Examiner · June 10, 2016 9:00 pm

Gallup: Trump is the jobs president, 52%-45%

Paul Bedard · June 10, 2016 11:48 am

House Education and the Workforce Committee Chairman John Kline, R-Minn., said the Obama administration had blown an opportunity to create a common-sense, bipartisan solution. (AP Photo/ Evan Vucci, File)

Lawmakers spar over new overtime rule

Sean Higgins · June 9, 2016 9:06 pm

Defense Secretary Ash Carter is expected to roll out the plans Thursday, marking the third — and most groundbreaking — installment in his campaign to modernize the military's antiquated bureaucracy. (AP Photo/Cliff Owen, File)

National Security

Carter revamps ‘up-or-out’ promotion policy

Jamie McIntyre · June 9, 2016 5:13 pm

Economists had expected jobless claims, which are adjusted for seasonal variations, to edge up from 267,000 the previous week to 270,000. (AP Photo/Keith Srakocic)

Jobless claims drop for fourth straight week to 264,000

Joseph Lawler · June 9, 2016 12:32 pm

There were 5.788 million advertised job vacancies in the month, the Bureau of Labor Statistics reported Wednesday, up from 5.67 million the month before and the same peak that was reached in July of last year. (Luke Sharrett/Bloomberg, File)

Job openings hit record high in April even as hiring dropped

Joseph Lawler · June 8, 2016 2:27 pm

Goldman Sachs: Obamacare forcing hundreds of thousands into part-time work

Goldman Sachs: Obamacare forcing hundreds of thousands into part-time work

Joseph Lawler · June 8, 2016 12:48 pm