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The Federal Reserve may be saying encouraging things about the economy, the stock market may be setting records and employers say they're planning on hiring new college grads and summer workers, but millions of Americans have been out of work for at least six months and their prospects of finding new jobs don't seem to be getting any brighter.
U.S. consumers say the deals had better be good if retailers want them to spend their money this weekend.
The U.S. unemployment figures have turned Orwellian with an uptick viewed as positive by the administration -- more people looking for work -- and a downtick viewed as negative by the opposition -- fewer people in the jobs market.
When his campaign is not bashing Obama administration policy, Mitt Romney pledges his administration would create 12 million new jobs, something that resonates with the millions of Americans who are un- or underemployed.
Job satisfaction ranks higher than benefits and pay as the reason U.S. workers stay with their current employers, a survey by the American Psychological Association suggests.
The sheepskin may be on the wall, but today's college graduates could have a long way to go before achieving independence from mom and dad.
No matter how the unemployment figures are spun, a lot of people still are out of work, some 12.3 million.
Job prospects are looking up for this year's college graduates, but competition will still be fierce as companies rebuild from recession lows, outplacement company Challenger, Gray & Christmas reports.
It's that time of the year when a student's fancy turns to summer -- as in, "What am I going to do to earn a few bucks?"
Employers planned to cut payrolls at a slower pace in April, the lowest level so far this year, a Chicago outplacement firm reported Wednesday.
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