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The latest reports show that the job market is making positive gains and “core inflation” — overall inflation minus the more volatile prices of food and energy — is even at a two-year low, but Americans still aren’t seeing any real relief.
Published: Thursday, September 7th, 2023 @ 1:09 pm
By: Daily Wire
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While at his first job interview with a prospective employer Thursday, local man Justin Rasberger was crestfallen to learn that "quoting Monty Python" does not count as relevant job experience, and in fact is not currently considered a "marketable skill" among employers.
Published: Thursday, March 23rd, 2023 @ 10:22 pm
By: Babylon Bee
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Despite a strong job market, as Meta, Amazon and Disney all cut jobs
Published: Friday, December 9th, 2022 @ 10:15 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Scratching Beneath the Surface Reveals a Struggling Labor Market
Published: Thursday, August 11th, 2022 @ 4:15 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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As unemployment remained at low levels in June, the portion of American adults participating in the job market remains far below pre-recession levels, according to a Friday news release from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.
Published: Wednesday, July 20th, 2022 @ 7:46 am
By: Daily Wire
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As famously said by former president Barak Obama, the best anti-poverty program is a job. In North Carolina, as of June 2019, there were 1.21 open jobs for every unemployed person on the job market.
Published: Tuesday, October 29th, 2019 @ 1:55 pm
By: Civitas Insitute
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I think a lot about the job market this time of year. This is because of all the graduations of high school and college seniors, and the fact many of them will be looking for their first full-time job
Published: Monday, July 23rd, 2018 @ 10:42 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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North Carolina is joining a network of states committed to finding innovative ways to help prepare people for jobs so they can live better lives, Governor Roy Cooper announced today. The Skillful State Network brings together 20 states to share ideas that work to create a 21st century labor market
Published: Saturday, February 17th, 2018 @ 5:50 am
By: Governor's Office
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Back in 2003, Thomas Benton-"the pseudonym of an assistant professor of English at a Midwestern liberal arts college"-wrote a brutally honest article in the Chronicle of Higher Education about graduate programs in the humanities
Published: Sunday, December 11th, 2016 @ 11:37 am
By: John William Pope Center
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After closing the fiscal year that ended June 30 with a $425 million revenue surplus, the first quarter of the new fiscal year has yielded a surplus of $191 million
Published: Friday, December 2nd, 2016 @ 7:10 pm
By: Civitas Insitute
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According to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, North Carolina added some 11,000 jobs in April and nearly 107,000 jobs over the 12-month period. That's a annual growth rate in payroll employment of 2.6 percent, which exceeds the national and Southeastern averages (each 2.2 percent).
Published: Tuesday, June 9th, 2015 @ 3:39 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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According to a recent High Point University poll, North Carolinians feel better about the direction of the economy than they have in many years. According to just-released data from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, North Carolinians seem to have a pretty good grasp of what's going on in their jo
Published: Monday, March 23rd, 2015 @ 6:57 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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This observer has occasionally discussed the real-world folly of state economic incentives.
Published: Tuesday, September 2nd, 2014 @ 11:12 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Governor Pat McCrory signed House Bill 1031 into law this afternoon.
Published: Wednesday, June 25th, 2014 @ 10:38 am
By: Christopher Maye
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The N.C. Division of Workforce Solutions is realigning its services to better meet the needs of North Carolina job seekers and businesses following reductions in the Division’s federal and state funding.
Published: Thursday, June 19th, 2014 @ 11:28 pm
By: Christopher Maye
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If all you know about North Carolina's recent economic performance is what you get from Twitter feeds, partisan press releases, or brief mentions on television newscasts, then much of what you "know" is flat wrong.
Published: Thursday, May 15th, 2014 @ 7:26 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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The labor market for college professors has long been distorted. Tenure is a major factor; another is the presence of a massive labor supply glut, in the form of too many aspiring faculty members for too few full-time jobs. In some ways, the faculty labor market now resembles the market for...
Published: Thursday, September 5th, 2013 @ 1:24 am
By: John William Pope Center
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Class will begin in June at Beaufort County Community College for students who would like to complete their high school equivalency at the same time as preparing to enter the job market as a certified pharmacy technician.
Published: Saturday, May 5th, 2012 @ 3:21 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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