Articles filed under Unemployment
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Employees take the lead in historically competitive talent poolMar 30, 2022 1:26 PM - Employees are driving the most significant change in the workplace as a result of what some are calling The Great Resignation or the Great Reevaluation, the biggest employment transformation since the Great Depression.
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U.S. jobless claims rise by 23,000 to 230,000
Jan 13, 2022 8:22 AM - The number of Americans applying for unemployment benefits rose last week to the highest level since mid-November, but still low by historic standards. U.S. jobless claims climbed by 23,000 last week to 230,000. The four-week moving average, which smooths out week-to-week blips, was up nearly 6,300 to almost 211,000.
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Kimberly Palmer: How to bounce back when your income drops
Aug 29, 2021 6:00 AM - Losing income is never easy, but it's become increasingly common over the last year and a half.
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Schaumburg Library program to help holders of foreign degreesAug 2, 2021 12:06 PM - Refugees and immigrants with foreign degrees will learn about opportunities to get back into their professional fields during an upcoming online program with the Schaumburg Township District Library.
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Elk Grove Village hopes to pair jobseekers with companies in needJun 17, 2021 10:07 AM - Seeing all the "help wanted" and "now hiring" signs in storefront windows and throughout the Elk Grove Village industrial park -- as well as temporarily shutdown lobbies at some local fast food eateries -- has prompted Mayor Craig Johnson to organize the municipality's first-ever job fair.
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New trends in attracting and retaining talentJun 29, 2021 3:02 PM - As the economy begins to steadily improve and competition for top job talent tightens, finding new ways to appeal to potential new hires continues to be an ongoing challenge for employers. With a new age of workers upon us, a new age of problems have surfaced as well.
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US adds 559K jobs as firms still struggle to fill positionsJun 4, 2021 9:26 AM - U.S. employers added a modest 559,000 jobs in May, an improvement from April's sluggish gain but still evidence that many companies are struggling to find enough workers as the economy rapidly recovers from the pandemic recession.
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McHenry County businesses struggle to hire workers as reopening continues
May 11, 2021 3:02 PM - Grinders Ale House in McHenry is among several McHenry County businesses that encountered difficulty hiring as the COVID-19 outbreak slows with safe and effective vaccines more widely available and as public health officials loosen public health restrictions.
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US jobless claims up to 744K as virus still forces layoffs
Apr 8, 2021 8:16 AM - The number of Americans applying for unemployment benefits rose last week to 744,000, signaling that many employers are still cutting jobs even as more people are vaccinated against COVID-19, consumers gain confidence and the government distributes aid throughout the economy.
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Liz Weston: The tax credit fix many can't afford to miss
Jan 31, 2021 6:00 AM - Families battered by the pandemic recession soon may discover that the tax refunds they're counting on are dramatically smaller -- or that they actually owe income tax. Congress offered a partial solution, but the fix hasn't been widely publicized, consumer advocates say.
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