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  • U.S. employers added 165,000 jobs in April, and hiring was much stronger in the previous two months.
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  • Click play to watch the report from Action News
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  • Freebie Friday
  • Kick your job search into high gear, then pick up some free reading material and music in this week's Freebie Friday!
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  • Click play to watch Alicia Vitarelli's report
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  • Yahoo's trailblazing CEO recently dropped a bombshell on her employees, shaking up the internet search giant's culture. Employees working at home will now have to come into the office or quit.
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  • Six Flags Great Adventure is launching its seasonal hiring drive.
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  • walmart
  • Why wait on Washington when there's Wal-Mart?
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  • Sick Days Poll
  • One in 3 U.S. workers translates to 41.7 million people who can't afford to stay home even if they are sick. That certainly doesn't help slow down the flu.
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  • Sick Days Poll
  • Click play to watch the report from Alicia Vitarelli
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  • Click play to watch the report from Action News at 5:30 p.m.
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  • U.S. employers added 155,000 jobs in December, a steady gain that shows hiring held up during the tense negotiations to resolve the fiscal cliff.
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  • A survey of Pennsylvania households in November found the biggest monthly drop in joblessness in nearly 30 years.
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  • Payroll provider ADP says businesses added 158,000 jobs in October.
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  • Amazon.com
  • Amazon.com Inc. says it's hiring 50,000 temporary workers at order-fulfillment centers across the U.S. this holiday season.
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  • The number of Americans seeking unemployment aid plummeted last week to seasonally adjusted 339,000, the lowest level in more than four years. The sharp drop offered a hopeful sign that the job market could pick up.
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  • The U.S. unemployment rate fell to 7.8 percent last month, dropping below 8 percent for the first time in nearly four years and giving President Barack Obama a potential boost with the election a month away.
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  • Economy
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  • U.S. employers added 96,000 jobs last month, a weak figure that could slow the momentum President Barack Obama hoped to gain from his speech Thursday night to the Democratic National Convention.
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  • U.S. employers posted the most job openings in four years in June, a positive sign that hiring may pick up.
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  • The number of people seeking unemployment benefits plunged last week to the lowest level in four years, a hopeful sign for the job market. But the decline was partly due to temporary factors.
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  • U.S. employers added only 80,000 jobs in June, a third straight month of weak hiring that shows the economy is still struggling three years after the recession ended.
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  • US Congress
  • Congress passed bills that will save some 2.8 million jobs and shield college students from higher interest rates on loans.
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  • Employers in April posted the fewest job openings in five months, suggesting hiring will remain sluggish in the months ahead.
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  • Click play to watch John Rawlins' report
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  • The class of 2012 is leaving college with something that many graduates since the start of the Great Recession have lacked: jobs.
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employment, unemployment, college, business/finance
  • U.S. companies in March posted the highest number of job openings in nearly four years, a sign that hiring could strengthen in the coming months after slowing this spring.
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  • Maryland is poised to become the first state to ban employers from demanding applicants or workers hand over their log-in information for social media sites like Facebook.
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  • Gas price glitch proves costly; Philly gas prices will top $4/gallon; Fighting stolen cell phones
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  • Employers pulled back sharply on hiring last month, a reminder that the U.S. economy may not be growing fast enough to sustain robust job growth. The unemployment rate dipped, but mostly because more Americans stopped looking for work.
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employment, unemployment, economy, business/finance
  • Michelle Obama appears in an official photo from the White House website.
  • Opening another front in her nearly year-old campaign to support service families, first lady Michelle Obama on Wednesday unveiled a new push for jobs on or near military bases.
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michelle obama, military, employment, national/world
  • The number of U.S. jobs openings fell in January from a three and a half year high. The modest decline suggests hiring could continue at its healthy pace but may not accelerate.
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  • U.S. employers added 227,000 jobs in February to complete three of the best months of hiring since the recession ended. The unemployment rate was unchanged, largely because more people streamed into the work force.
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  • Action News
  • When Paula Symons joined the U.S. workforce in 1972, typewriters in her office clacked nonstop, people answered the telephones and the hot new technology revolutionizing communication was the fax machine.
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  • Republican presidential candidate Ron Paul says the U.S. is "slipping into a fascist system" dominated by big government and big businesses.
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  • Congress swiftly approved legislation Friday renewing a payroll tax cut for 160 million American workers.
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  • President Barack Obama called on Congress Monday to create an $8 billion fund to train community college students for high-growth industries, giving a financial incentive to schools whose graduates are getting jobs.
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  • General Electric Co. plans to hire 5,000 veterans over the next five years and invest $580 million to expand its aviation business.
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  • Wal Mart logo
  • In just a few months a new Walmart store will be open in Philadelphia. First, the company must hire hundreds of workers and applications are now being taken.
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  • The White House plans to announce a more optimistic jobs forecast this month, based in part on the shaky premise that Congress will pass President Barack Obama's economic agenda.
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  • Looking for a promising career in a lousy economy? A new study suggests you're apt to find it in apps - the services and tools built to run on smartphones, computer tablets and Facebook's online social network.
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  • Month by month, the U.S. job market is regaining its health.
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  • Philadelphia Union
  • If your goal is to find a job, the Philadelphia Union soccer team is looking for new employees.
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philadelphia union, employment, local/state
  • Click for the latest on Facebook IPO, Chrysler profits and American Airlines layoffs
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  • Facebook's IPO; American Airlines job cuts; Automaker profits up
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  • New Jersey's Lieutenant Governor Kim Guadagno was on hand in Cherry Hill today to tour a facility that soon will bring 700 jobs to that state.
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  • The Serbian government on Tuesday bought a loss-making plant from U.S. Steel for the symbolic sum of $1 to avoid its closure and save the jobs of its 5,400 workers.
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serbia, employment, business/finance
  • Workers at Disney's theme parks will be allowed to grow beards and goatees for the first time ever.
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