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The Future of Institutions: Will Hiring Practices at Museums Change Following a Pandemic Disruption?

The Future of Institutions: Will Hiring Practices at Museums Change Following a Pandemic Disruption?

by Francisco Velasquez | May 21, 2021 | Employment, Featured

Juline Chevalier packed her bags in June of last year when her position at the Minneapolis Institute of Art was eliminated.  After five years and six months of working as a museum educator at the MIA, she returned to Virginia, where she continued working as the...
Weak U.S. Job Growth in April Casts Doubt on Recovery

Weak U.S. Job Growth in April Casts Doubt on Recovery

by Allison Nicole Smith | May 10, 2021 | Employment, Featured

The job market stumbled last month, dampening hopes for rapid economic recovery amid the coronavirus vaccination rollout, while crystallizing debate over the health of the economy. U.S. employers added a meager 266,000 jobs in April, the Labor Department reported...
Small Business Owners Could Make Lasting Changes

Small Business Owners Could Make Lasting Changes

by Francisco Velasquez | Apr 12, 2021 | Employment, Featured, Retail

When the pandemic hit and Cindy Lopez had to shut down the 48-year-old bakery and restaurant she runs with her husband in Milwaukee, she worried she would have to close their business for good.  She fell behind on rent. She cut employees’ pay. She faced anxiety...
The March Jobs Report May Signal a Post-Covid Boom

The March Jobs Report May Signal a Post-Covid Boom

by Allison Nicole Smith | Mar 29, 2021 | Employment, Featured

A year after the pandemic devastated the job market, federal data to be released next Friday will likely show a labor market that’s beginning to claw its way out of a coronavirus recession hole. Economists expect the jobs report to show significant growth for March,...
Two States Doing Badly and Two Doing Better Show the Economic Disparity of Coronavirus

Two States Doing Badly and Two Doing Better Show the Economic Disparity of Coronavirus

by Korey Matthews | May 25, 2020 | Employment, Personal Income

Two States Doing Badly and Two Doing Better Show the Economic Disparity of Coronavirus By Korey Mathews and Sonya Swink Every state in the US is facing its worst economic downturn since the Great Depression, with payrolls going down and unemployment going up in April,...
Centre Country feeling less economic pain than others in Pennsylvania

Centre Country feeling less economic pain than others in Pennsylvania

by Baidi Wang | May 22, 2020 | Employment, Featured

Pennsylvania is among the states hit hardest by the coronavirus, with 1,907,314 unemployment claims filed from March 15 to May 20. But Centre County, in the very middle of the state, is suffering less from shutdowns than the rest of the state. As a university town,...
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