Over the last year, industrial employment in Rhode Island dropped 2.2 percent for a loss of 1,325 jobs between December 2011 and December 2012, according to the 2013 Rhode Island Manufacturers Register, an industrial directory published annually by Manufacturers News, Inc. in Evanston, Ill.
Administrative and clerical workers are more confident in the job market after rising 3.8 points to 51.6 percent in the Randstad Administrative & Clerical Worker Employee Confidence Index during the fourth quarter of 2012.
When in session, Congress members work an average of 70 hours a week, which mostly involves legislative and constituent responsibilities rather than politics, they say.
Of the employers now hiring full-time workers, 66 percent say recruiting for specific jobs remains challenging, particularly among highly skilled positions, according to a new poll from the Society for Human Resource Management.
Of the jobs added in February, 80,000 went to women while 156,000 went to men, according to an analysis by the Institute for Women's Policy Research of the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.
With the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reporting that the overall February jobless rate fell to 7.7 percent, ManpowerGroup, a provider of work-force solutions, recommends workers carefully look at how to apply their core skills to growing industries and develop new skills that are applicable across various industries and different...