Jobless Rate Falls in Most States; West Still Lags
The jobless rate across the U.S. fell to 8.8% in March, and a Tuesday report from the Labor Department shows improvement has become more widespread. Some 34 states reported an unemployment rate drop last month ...
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Want to Get Hired? Employers Give Their Best Tips
Send a thank you note. Banish that ‘objective’ line from the top of your resume. That’s some of the advice from a recent survey by CareerBuilder and Harris Interactive, which queried more than 2,800 employers between ...
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How to Be Competitive on Job Boards
According to Wikipedia, a job board is a website recommended for job hunting, the choices presented varying from very general tasks to precise niches. In the past few years, this kind of activities practically exploded; ...
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Job Market Picks Up, but Slowly
The job market is showing signs of life, though its slow recovery suggests unemployment will remain high for years to come. Employers added 162,000 jobs in March, the biggest monthly gain in three years, with ...
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Gardening at work is sprouting up all over
FORTUNE -- The employee gardens at Timberland's Stratham, N.H., headquarters are eating up the lawns and sprouting new sections. Fruit trees were planted in a roundabout in front last fall, and a big arbor for native ...
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