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U.S. employers keep hiring briskly even in face of rate hikes

by Associated Press
Nov 4, 2022
The strongest gains were in health care and manufacturing. The 261,000 jobs added beat expectations.
A "Now Hiring" sign is displayed in front of a FedEx store on October 07, 2022 in Washington, DC.
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What indicators is the Fed looking for in the job market?

by Mitchell Hartman
Nov 4, 2022
Chair Jerome Powell says there's still too much demand for workers for inflation to come down.
The Federal Reserve wants to see a "normalized" job market.
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Why this Buffalo manufacturer is "a little bit excited" about an economic slowdown

by Kai Ryssdal , Andie Corban and Maria Hollenhorst
Nov 3, 2022
The tight job market means it's been years since Matt Gehman has hired new qualified employees at MMG Industrial and Metal Locking Service.
"We cannot hire people and bring them in and plug them in. It’s 100% on-the-job training at our expense," says Matt Gehman, above at his facility in Buffalo, New York.
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What's with all the hiring?

by Sabri Ben-Achour
Nov 2, 2022
Employers keep looking for workers to meet consumer demand, though there are signs the labor market may cool down.
"Most of what I hear from employers is that they're struggling to find talent," said Amber Clayton with the Society for Human Resource Management.
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Pay transparency is now the law of the land in New York City

by Samantha Fields
Nov 1, 2022
Starting today, any company in New York City with at least four employees will be required to include salary ranges in their job postings.
A 'help wanted' sign is displayed in a Manhattan store on in New York City.
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What would the job market look like if there'd been no COVID pandemic?

by Mitchell Hartman
Oct 7, 2022
Different in many ways. But not that different.
Because of the pandemic's health dangers, many baby boomers have left the labor force.
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There are fewer job openings in the U.S. That could be a sign that the Fed's rate hikes are working.

by Lily Jamali
Oct 4, 2022
There's less demand for workers in retail and many service sectors.
JOLTS numbers show job openings particularly shrank in the retail sector.
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A veteran navigates life amid job loss and high inflation

by Sarah Leeson
Sep 13, 2022
After being laid off, marketing professional Collin Cook has been pitching himself as a "Swiss Army knife." He's had mixed results.
"You literally go through the five stages of grief" after being laid off, said Collin Cook, who's had trouble finding the right job as a generalist in the marketing field.
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Job openings rise unexpectedly. Is that a big deal?

by Meghan McCarty Carino
Aug 30, 2022
It pushes back on the idea that the economy is slowing. But the number of workers who quit, were hired or were laid off didn’t change much.
According to the July JOLTS report, open positions increased to 11.2 million.
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How long can the job market stay this hot?

by Reema Khrais and Richard Cunningham
Aug 29, 2022
Some laid-off workers are surprised at how fast they were able to find new positions, says Sarah Chaney Cambon of The Wall Street Journal.
"The job market is still this bright spot really and it's overall outperforming kind of the rest of the economy," said Sarah Chaney Cambon, an economics reporter for The Wall Street Journal.
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