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More than a dozen leading, U.S.-based companies today announced the formation of the 100,000 Opportunities Initiative, which has the goal of being the nation s largest employer-led coalition committed to creating pathways to meaningful employment for America s young people. The coalition has the collective goal of engaging at least 100,000 Opportunity Youth 16-24 year […]

Last year in Iowa the foodservice sector added 2,600 jobs. It’s projected the state will see an additional 12,300 new food service jobs in the coming decade, according to a forecast released recently by the National Restaurant Association. One in three Iowans found their first job in the restaurant industry according to the Iowa Restaurant […]

The number of job positions available in the hospitality sector has risen 14% since last year, job search site Indeed can reveal. According to Indeed’s national employment data, the number of job openings for roles including house keeper, travel advisor, and chef rose by over 10,000 compared to the same time last year and over […]

Ohio added 12,000 jobs in May, or double the 6,000 added per month last year, says Friday’s monthly report from the Ohio Department of Job and Family Services. The increase was a 0.2 percent bump in total employment to 5.407 million, up from 5.395 million in April, according to the agency’s survey of business payrolls.

Income inequality and income mobility are topics of great concern. A plethora of statistics has been published showing that in the United States, income inequality is increasing. There is also the perception that income mobility is more difficult to achieve. However, the study discussed below belies that perception. A study by Raj Chetty and Nathaniel […]

Unemployment rates in Maryland, Virginia and the District remained largely unchanged in May. But an influx of new job-seekers and a spike in hospitality jobs in Maryland has some experts optimistic about the direction of the economy. Even after adjusting for seasonal differences, Maryland added 13,500 jobs from April to May, led by about 4,400 […]

Are there places in the U.S. where people have better odds of moving up? Researchers from Harvard and the University of California, Berkeley, conducted what is being called the most detailed study of economic mobility in America to date. The Equality of Opportunity Project ranks cities across America on key measures of upward mobility.

Despite overall job numbers that are still well off their previous peak, services employment is on the cusp of a record high as the economy continues a steady reorientation. Fresh off the Connecticut Department of Laborsuggesting the state’s private sector contracted slightly in April, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics said nonfarm employment nationally increased by 280,000 jobs, with […]

Competition is stiff in the hotel industry. “It’s actually bringing more people to the city because they want to make the hotel industry a career,” Kristofer Carlson, general manager of the Westin Hotel, said. Six hotels and more than 2,000 rooms are coming to Austin this year, but not much is changing. Even with an […]

If you honestly believe you could never attain a goal, would you even try? Many disadvantaged students are scared away by the high cost of college, and this fear discourages them from working hard in high school in order to qualify for college. Without strategies for low-income families to get an education and gain access […]