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		<title>23% of Employers Plan to Hire Additional Workers in Q2</title>
		<link>http://www.collegerecruiter.com/blog/2013/04/04/23-of-employers-plan-to-hire-additional-workers-in-q2/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 04 Apr 2013 18:46:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Steven Rothberg</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Stable hiring is expected for the second quarter as U.S. employers continue to size up a market that is producing moderate economic growth, according to CareerBuilder’s latest job forecast. Twenty-six percent of employers plan to increase full-time, permanent headcount in the next three months, similar to projections for the previous two quarters, but trending below [...]]]></description>
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		<title>40% of Workers Live Paycheck to Paycheck, Down From 46% in 2008</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 15 Aug 2012 17:51:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Steven Rothberg</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Fewer American workers are reliant on their next payday to make ends meet, according to a new survey. Forty percent of workers report that they always or usually live paycheck to paycheck, a slight decrease from 42 percent in 2011. This year’s figure marks a recession-era low, continuing a downward trend from a peak of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Private Sector Employment Up 176,000 in June</title>
		<link>http://www.collegerecruiter.com/blog/2012/07/06/private-sector-employment-up-176000-in-june/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 06 Jul 2012 21:29:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Steven Rothberg</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Although the U.S. Department of Labor Statistics reported today that only 80,000 jobs were created in June, employment in the U.S. nonfarm private business sector actually increased by 176,000 from May to June, on a seasonally adjusted basis. The estimated gain from April to May was revised up slightly, from the initial estimate of 133,000 [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Good Economic News: Manufacturers Resist Layoffs Despite Sluggish Sales</title>
		<link>http://www.collegerecruiter.com/blog/2012/07/05/good-economic-news-manufacturers-resist-layoffs-despite-sluggish-sales/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Jul 2012 12:36:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Steven Rothberg</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Planned layoffs fell to a 13-month low in June, as U.S.-based employers announced job cuts totaling 37,551 during the month.  That is down 39 percent from the 61,887 announced job cuts in May, according to the latest report on downsizing activity released Thursday by global outplacement consultancy Challenger, Gray &#38; Christmas, Inc. The June total [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Economy Gained 1.9 Million Jobs In Past Year</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 08 May 2012 15:25:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Steven Rothberg</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[There were 3.7 million job openings on the last business day of March, little changed from February but up significantly from a year earlier, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. The hires rate (3.3 percent) and separations rate (3.1 percent) were unchanged in March. This release includes estimates of the number and rate [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Unemployment Rates Fall in 342 of 372 Metros; San Francisco Best of the Best</title>
		<link>http://www.collegerecruiter.com/blog/2012/05/03/unemployment-rates-fall-in-342-of-372-metros-san-francisco-best-of-the-best/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 03 May 2012 13:20:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Steven Rothberg</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.collegerecruiter.com/blog/?p=29639</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Unemployment rates were lower in March than a year earlier in 342 of the 372 metropolitan areas, higher in 16 areas, and unchanged in 14 areas, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. Thirteen areas recorded jobless rates of at least 15.0 percent, while 17 areas registered rates of less than 5.0 percent. Two [...]]]></description>
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		<title>54% of Employers Plan to Hire Recent College Grads</title>
		<link>http://www.collegerecruiter.com/blog/2012/04/26/54-of-employers-plan-to-hire-recent-college-grads/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Apr 2012 22:08:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Steven Rothberg</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.collegerecruiter.com/blog/?p=29408</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The college graduating class of 2012 is heading into a better job market than alumni of the previous three years, according to a new study. More than half of employers (54 percent) reported they plan to hire recent college graduates in 2012, up from 46 percent in 2011, 44 percent in 2010 and 43 percent in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>More Jobs Available For Teens Yet Fewer Teens Looking for Jobs</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Apr 2012 14:54:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Steven Rothberg</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The job market is starting to improve around the country, albeit faster in some areas than others.  The accelerating recovery should prove beneficial to teenagers seeking employment this summer, as they are likely to face less competition from older, more experienced job hunters.  However, a new outlook on the summer job prospects for teenagers reveals [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Best Fields for 2012 Grads Are Accounting, Finance, Engineering, and Computer Science</title>
		<link>http://www.collegerecruiter.com/blog/2012/04/18/best-fields-for-2012-grads-are-accounting-finance-engineering-and-computer-science/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Apr 2012 16:25:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Steven Rothberg</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[As the economy continues to slowly improve, so do the prospects for entry-level job candidates who are expected to benefit from companies’ need to rebuild “bench strength” after cutting millions of workers during the recession. However, while this year’s crop of 1.7 million college graduates should fare slightly better than last year’s, the job market [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Job Openings Up 45% to 3.5 Million Since End of Recession</title>
		<link>http://www.collegerecruiter.com/blog/2012/03/13/job-openings-up-45-to-3-5-million-since-end-of-recession/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 13 Mar 2012 15:03:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Steven Rothberg</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[There were 3.5 million job openings on the last business day of January, unchanged from December, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. The hires rate (3.1 percent) and separations rate (3.0 percent) were little changed over the month. The job openings rate has trended upward since the end of the recession in June [...]]]></description>
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