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The government's latest employment report shows weaker-than-expected job growth in March, but it has a bright spot: More part-time workers appear to be getting full-time jobs.
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The National Restaurant Association reports that restaurants have added more than 560,000 jobs since the beginning of the employment recovery, with more than 200,000 of those positions created in the last six months.
Kai Holderby's timing couldn't be any better. When he graduates in May after five years at the University of Missouri, he'll step right into his dream job with an international accounting firm.
CALIFORNIA'S NATIONAL GUARD -- the nation's largest and busiest National Guard force -- is facing an employment crisis, and a new initiative is attacking the issue head-on.
Despite the unemployment rate dropping to 10.3 percent for Hispanics and to 8.2 percent overall, the number of unemployed people remained at 12.7 million, the same as in February.
The U.S. economy added 120,000 jobs in March, pushing the unemployment rate down to 8.2 percent, the Labor Department said Friday.
Owners of small and medium-sized businesses across Pennsylvania plan the most hiring since before the recession, mirroring a trend nationally, according to PNC Financial Services Group's semiannual economic outlook survey released Thursday.
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