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Blog: Domino’s And Dollar General Hiring

By Jim Donovan: Are you looking for a job? I just learned of two companies in our area that are hiring: Dollar General and Domino’s. In its effort to hire 10,000 new employees nationwide in […]

2013/05/15

Average Starting Salaries For College Grads Up For Class Of 2013

The study shows that starting salaries increased in fields of study across the board, with some up nearly 10%.

2013/05/06

Pa. Labor Force Falls Biggest Amount In 30 Years

The Department of Labor and Industry said Friday the state’s unemployment rate dropped to 7.9 percent in March, down from 8.1 percent in February.

2013/04/19

How Studying Your Taxes Can Help Your Career

About half of Americans say they feel underpaid. Are you one of them?

2013/03/25

A Difficult Time, A Difficult Workplace

I hear it more and more often from my patients…the work place is becoming harder and harder to tolerate – but what choice do they have?

2013/02/22

(Mayor Nutter is surrounded by other city officials at Tuesday's press briefing. Credit: John Ostapkovich)

Philadelphia Jobs Commission Submits Its Study to Mayor Nutter

The 90-page report from the Philadelphia Jobs Commission was ordered nearly two years ago, when citizens approved creating the 17-member panel.

2013/02/19

Colleges Should Require Business 101 For All Students

All employers – small and large – want graduates who have had some exposure to budgets. Business 101 is vital for college students’ futures.

2013/02/13

Report: Pa. Unemployment Rose In December, More People Seeking Work

The state Department of Labor and Industry said December’s unemployment rate rose to 7.9 percent from 7.8 percent. The national unemployment rate is 7.8 percent.

2013/01/22

The new Amazon Kindle Fire tablet is displayed at a press conference in New York, September 28, 2011. (credit: EMMANUEL DUNAND/AFP/Getty Images)

Amazon’s New Distribution Center Near Trenton Expected To Create Hundred Of Jobs

Amazon employees will pick, pack and ship items for customers at the 1-million-square-foot center in Robbinsville, which the company plans to occupy in early 2014.

2013/01/08

Applying For A New Job With Your Old Company

If you left a job but now want back in, or if you were laid off but hear of job openings at your old company, what should and what should you NOT do?

2012/11/29

Walmart workers protest (Photo: STAN HONDA/AFP/Getty Images)

Opinion: Americans Failed Walmart Workers

After all the hype regarding Walmart employees’ discontent with their employer and the threat of a strike on Black Friday, the long holiday weekend was saw banner sales and virtually no protest at Walmarts.

2012/11/26

Job seekers wait in line (Photo by Scott Olson/Getty Images)

Opinion: Jobless Numbers And The Newest Right Wing Conspiracy Theory

There is a new breed of truthers on the right. Joining the paranoid ranks of the advocates of a government role in 9-11 and the birthers fascination with President Obama’s birth certificate are conservatives that believe the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) is making up jobs numbers to benefit President Obama.

2012/11/16

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NJ Loses Thousands Of Jobs, But Unemployment Rate Also Falls

New Jersey officials say the state lost nearly 12,000 jobs in October but the unemployment rate also dropped by one-tenth of one percent.

2012/11/15

An Obama supporter on election night. (Photo by John Moore/Getty Images)

Opinion: Just Biding Our Time

In no time, conservatives will be trying to hold back the smirks as these liberals slowly but surely realize what they’ve done to our country.

2012/11/13

Mitt Romney (Photo by Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)

Opinion: Ten Reasons Mitt Romney Lost The Election

Today, Republicans feel a combination of confusion, disbelief, and anger as to how a slim majority of Americans can possibly want four more years of the Obama administration in the White House. To many, it seems inconceivable that people want to take a chance on more of the same.

2012/11/07