Posted on 11/09/2010 11:56:00 AM PST by Nachum
Nov. 9 (Bloomberg) -- Job openings in the U.S. dropped in September for a second month, signaling a sustained labor market rebound will take time to develop, a government report showed.
Openings decreased by 163,000 to 2.93 million, the Labor Department said today in Washington. The number of people hired rose from the prior month and separations declined.
The unemployment rate was 9.6 percent for a third month in October even as payrolls increased 151,000, Labor Department figures showed last week. Growth in the worlds largest economy may need to quicken before enough jobs are created to make up for the recession-driven loss of more than 8 million positions.
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May need to quicken.
May.
No, it signals that the number of jobs is declining, period.
Saying there's a rebound when there isn't is a lie.
So, Obama, how is devaluing the dollar going to help the job situation?
Illegal immigration and the new terrorism threat collide
According to the Labor Department's 2006-2011 Strategic Plan notes; "H-1B workers may be hired even when a qualified U.S. worker wants the job, and a U.S. worker can be displaced from the job in favor of the foreign worker."
Only if you're seeking work in Mexico, China, India, (you get the point...):, Just about everything money can buy is made somewhere other than America. We need to get our manufacturing back here one way or the other.... My husband and I will not buy foreign made goods if we can buy from an American supplier (and even then, most of the time there's no way to tell where the company bought it's material/ingredients):
General Motors sends Mr. Goodwrench to sidelines
General Motors is asking Mr. Goodwrench to pack up his toolbox. The mechanic who served as the symbol of GM's dealer service brand for 37 years will be scrapped as of Feb. 1 in favor of "certified service" brands for each of GM's remaining four remaining nameplates, the company said Tuesday.
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