by Chau Ngo | May 20, 2014 | Employment
By Chau Ngo After Beverly Boatwright separated from her boyfriend three years ago, she was unemployed and had a son from the relationship. Receiving no support from the baby’s father, she and her son lived on food stamps from the New York Human Resources...
by Rachael Levy | May 18, 2014 | Employment
By Rachael Levy Luke Bolek once worked as a doctor at a Florida hospital, where he was recruited in 2007 to take part in a new $10 million nuclear medicine department. By late 2012, Bolek and his department colleagues had been laid off along with 400 other employees...
by Rachael Levy | May 5, 2014 | Employment
By Rachael Levy The loud cheers that greeted the news Friday of a sudden surge in new jobs and a significant drop in unemployment overlooked a deeper malaise within the economy. The litany of ills includes flat wages, a still-too-high unemployment rate and declining...
by Chau Ngo | Apr 11, 2014 | Employment
By Chau Ngo 4/11/2014 Jennifer Dean, 40, has been searching for a job in a film production company for nine months, but has not had any success. Having taken various positions in the film industry over the past 10 years, from a videographer, TV editor to casting...
by Rachael Levy | Apr 3, 2014 | Employment
April 3, 2014 By Rachael Levy Economists predict a jump in job growth ahead of the March jobs report tomorrow but caution the economy is nowhere near full recovery. Economists surveyed by Bloomberg predict 206,000 nonfarm jobs were added last month, up from 175,000 in...