Jobs numbers

Strong seasonal retail hiring boosts the spending power of American consumers.

A strong hiring season for seasonal retail jobs is also expected.

As the way we use our phones changes, pollsters get left behind.

With steady job growth comes an improvement in job quality as well.

With 217,000 additional jobs in May, a look at what it looks like to hunt for a job

Why you should read the whole jobs report, and not just the highlights

Heidi Moore from the Guardian and the Wall Street Journal's Sudeep Reddy join host Kai Ryssdal to look back at the week's business news and forward at where the economy is going after today's jobs report.

The unemployment level has fallen to 7 percent for the first time since 2008. But people are still suffering.

204,000 jobs were added, while the unemployment rate ticked up to 7.3 percent in the Labor Department's employment report for October.

Economists are predicting about 180,000 jobs were added last month, but no way to know if it's accurate due to the government shutdown.