Articles filed under Unemployment
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Some jobs are coming back, but economy will need years to healJul 12, 2020 6:25 am - Sales were stronger than expected when Macy's reopened its first stores in early May, after a nearly seven-week coronavirus shutdown. But that initial surge soon fizzled...
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Millennial Money: 4 expert tips on getting hired from homeJul 05, 2020 6:18 am - Job hunting has always been a little stressful. OK, a lot stressful. A global pandemic certainly hasn't remedied that. Rather, it's changing the landscape. For one, it's...
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Where the Class of 2020 is finding job opportunitiesJul 05, 2020 6:12 am - Some 2020 graduates are finding jobs, even in this economy. Luck plays a role, sure, but so does a willingness to compromise. Halle Steinberg said she wasn't surprised w...
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Ex-cons confront labor market that's likely to leave them behindJun 28, 2020 6:25 am - Eric Hughie felt lucky to land a job making eyeglasses in January. Then his job vanished, along with 40 million others, as the coronavirus tore through America. But Hugh...
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Jobless claims and depressed economy show damage from virusJun 25, 2020 1:00 am - WASHINGTON (AP) - The number of laid-off workers seeking U.S. unemployment benefits dipped only slightly last week, and the economy shrank in the first three months of t...
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Liz Weston: When parents are the emergency fundJun 21, 2020 6:00 am - Financial fallout from the pandemic is hitting millennials hard — and many will soon turn to their parents for help, if they haven't already. Before parents ride to the ...
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The unluckiest generation in U.S. historyJun 14, 2020 6:17 am - After accounting for the present crisis, the average millennial has experienced slower economic growth since entering the workforce than any other generation in U.S. his...
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These state programs offer a path to rehire U.S. workersJun 14, 2020 6:15 am - Molly Moon's Homemade Ice Cream put the scoops away, locked its doors and laid off all but four of the 100 employees at its Seattle-area shops in March when the coronavi...
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With no child care or summer camps, women are edged out of the workforceMay 31, 2020 6:22 am - If day cares closed because of the novel coronavirus, Aimee Rae Hannaford expected her family to fare better than most. She worked full time as the chief executive of a ...
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Salaries get chopped for many Americans who manage to keep jobsMay 30, 2020 6:08 am - Companies across the U.S. are cutting salaries as they fight to survive the coronavirus, upending a key assumption in modern economics and raising another hurdle to rapi...