US jobs add 50,000 in Dec., miss estimates
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Following the final jobs report of 2020, which the Bureau of Labor Statistics released on Friday, a National Women’s Law Center analysis of the numbers provided a horrifyingly fitting coda to a horrifying year: Not only did the U.S. workforce lose ...
The December employment report, out Friday, could show job losses for the first time since April. The hit to the labor market would come as COVID-19 surges led to new business constraints, partially reversing the nation’s recovery from a pandemic-induced ...
The July jobs report was quite negative to begin with, as it missed estimates for 110,000 jobs added by a wide margin, with just 73,000 jobs added. Additionally, it made sharp downward revisions to the May and June reports, combining to reduce jobs added ...
This post may contain links from our sponsors and affiliates, and Flywheel Publishing may receive compensation for actions taken through them. Since COVID-19 was declared a national emergency, the American job market has struggled. The August 2020 ...
U.S. employers shed 140,000 jobs in December amid COVID-19 surges and new business constraints, closing out a dismal year with the first payroll losses since the pandemic upended the economy last spring. Restaurants and bars hemorrhaged jobs, and the ...
Predicting how advances in technology and automation will impact jobs is more of an art than a science. Researchers and economists lean on data like workforce metrics, the rate at which certain technologies are being adopted and macro trends to ...
To continue reading this content, please enable JavaScript in your browser settings and refresh this page. The year's best jobs are STEM-heavy. These 13 Mass ...
The media industry was racked by a record 30,711 job cuts in 2020 — a stunning increase of 201 percent from the year earlier when 10,201 jobs were lost. The figures, which were rolled out Thursday by outplacement firm Challenger, Gray & Christmas ...
The Midwest is the place to be if you’re looking for a job in manufacturing, according to a new report. On Friday, SmartAsset found which metropolitan areas are the best places for jobs in manufacturing. Of the top 10 cities, six are in the Midwest.
BARCELONA, Oct 21 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - The number of jobs in renewable energy worldwide increased in 2020, despite the huge economic disruptions caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, with the growing industry holding up better than fossil fuels ...