Strong job market, but not so much for workers with mid-level skills
Strong job market, but not so much for workers with mid-level skills
Kyle Tennessen, branch manager at the Command Center temporary employment agency gives a day job assignment to two men, in Williston, North Dakota, on September 6, 2016.
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The November unemployment rate, at 4.6 percent, is low. But the jobs are still disappearing in some sectors. In manufacturing, for instance: down 4,000 jobs from October, continuing a long-term trend.
So what’s that mean for workers?
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