Out Now: Episode 415: Registered Apprenticeship Programs in the Clean Energy Sector With Dr. Janell Hills

From Fake News to Fake Jobs: How Facebook Is Failing

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Earlier this month Facebook announced that it would be rolling out a new program to target advertising discrimination on the platform using artificial intelligence. In addition to strengthening the language in their anti-discrimination policy, Facebook will roll out an AI tool that will identify and flag ads that offer “housing, employment or credit opportunit[ies] and either […]

President-Elect Trump’s First Transition Team Video Tackles Jobs

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President-Elect Trump’s First Transition Team Video President-Elect Trump, who is famous for disdaining and mistrusting the press, is speaking directly to the American people through his transition team’s YouTube channel. His first video explains his first 100 days priorities and makes it clear that trade and job issues will be on his agenda from his […]

A Look at Google’s Cloud Jobs API and Larger Impact for Recruiting & Job Seekers

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Yesterday, Google announced the CloudJobs API. The product is currently in Alpha, available to a limited number of applicant tracking systems, job boards and career sites. Their solution is welcome during a time where job seekers are increasingly challenged with finding relevant job postings that suit their specific experiences and needs. There is nothing worse […]

The US Economy Added 156,000 Jobs in September

September’s much anticipated jobs report is here and the news is… ok. The US economy added 156,000 nonfarm payroll jobs in September. Economists’ expectations were once again dashed — they were looking for something closer to 170,000 — but there’s certainly nothing wrong with 156,000, even with the unemployment rate ticking up from 4.9% to […]

May Jobs: Recession, Full Employment or Something Else?

The May jobs report dropped last Friday and it was a shocking departure from the slow and steady growth trend I’ve been writing about for months. Now, if you’ve been reading my monthly job growth posts, you know I’m not one to throw around words like “shocking” lightly. But the US economy added only 38,000 jobs, and […]

The Last Jobs Friday of 2015 Is a Good One – Mostly

The American economy added 292,000 non-farm payroll jobs in December, but wages fell by one cent. That’s still better than projections, which had put job growth closer to 211,000. The Last Jobs Friday of 2015 Is a Good One – Mostly   America is still in recovery – the news isn’t so good that we could […]