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John Dorrer
Thursday January 12, 2012
Some Good News on the Jobs Front
by John DorrerThe latest jobs report from the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) brought some good news to start the New Year:
There were 200,000 new payroll jobs and unemployment continued to trend downward at 8.5% in December 2011.
BLS reported that, from June 2010 to June 2011, employment increased in 215 of the 322 largest U.S. counties....
Topics: Labor Market Info, Workforce Development
Friday December 9, 2011
Colleges Want More Real-time Labor Info
by John DorrerSince our recent announcement of the Credentials that Work (CTW) project along with the release of our report, Aligning Community Colleges to Their Local Labor Market: The Emerging Role of Online Job Ads for Providing Real Time Intelligence about Occupations and Skills in Demand, we have received a large volume of inquiries from community colleges...
Topics: Labor Market Info, Workforce Development