New U.S. Commerce Department Report: Manufacturing Jobs Provide Higher Pay, More Benefits
Manufacturing jobs becoming more skilled and heavily reliant on science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) fields.  WASHINGTON, May 9, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The U.S. Commerce Department's Economics and Statistics Administration (ESA) today released "The Benefits of Manufacturing Jobs," an analysis of wages and benefits of manufacturing workers, which finds that total hourly compensation for manufacturing workers is 17 percent higher than for non-manufacturing workers.  This includes premiums in both wages and employer-provided benefits, such as health insurance and retirement plans.  (Logo: ) The report finds that in addition to higher compensation for m ...

Freelancer.com Reveals The 50 Fastest Growing Online Jobs For Q1 2012
SYDNEY, April 30, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Freelancer.com, the world's largest outsourcing and crowdsourcing marketplace, today announced its 50 fastest growing online job categories for the first quarter of 2012 with the release of the Freelancer Fast 50. Chief Executive, Matt Barrie, said the Freelancer.com Fast 50 pulls data from over 3.3 million users and 1.5 million projects creating the most comprehensive insight into online job trends.

"Newspaper Reporter" and "Broadcaster" Among Nation's Worst Jobs, Says CareerCast.com's 2012 Jobs Rated Report
CARLSBAD, Calif., April 10, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Professions that provide us with our news – Newspaper Reporter and Broadcaster – ranked among the worst jobs in the nation, according to the new 2012 CareerCast.com Jobs Rated Report.

Job Growth Slows for Women and Men in March
WASHINGTON, April 6, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- According to an analysis of the April employment report from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics by the Institute for Women's Policy Research (IWPR), job growth slowed in March with 120,000 jobs added to nonfarm payrolls.

Serving the Hardest to Serve
BALTIMORE, March 22, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- National Transitional Jobs Network (NTJN) is hosting its conference  2012 National Transitional Jobs Network Conference: Restoring the Promise of Work: Subsidized Employment and Transitional Jobs here in Baltimore on April 12-13, 2012 at the Renaissance Baltimore Harborplace Hotel.  Goodwill Industries of the Chesapeake is proud to be a premier sponsor of this national event to help showcase an innovative way to provide employment for men and women seeking to enter the labor market -- and a way for employers to meet critical labor needs.  Graduates of Goodwill training programs and other such programs nationally have found transitional jobs to be an entry point to successful work and stab ...

Hoffa Pledges Continued Support of Effort to Turn Green Jobs Into Good Jobs
Teamsters General President Speaks at 2012 Good Jobs Green Jobs West, Rallies in Support of Workers at American Reclamation LOS ANGELES, March 15, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Today, Teamsters General President Jim Hoffa reinforced the union's support of building a sustainable, green supply chain that also provides jobs with good wages and benefits.

Industrial Guide Reports New Jersey Manufacturing Jobs Declined 2.1%
EVANSTON, Ill., March 13, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Industrial employment in New Jersey declined 2.1% over the past year according to the 2012 New Jersey Manufacturers Register®, an industrial directory published annually by Manufacturers' News, Inc.

Job Seekers Encouraged by Retail Sector Figures, Says reed.co.uk
LONDON, March 12, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Job site reports a rise in the number of retail jobs posted online after sector shows positive signs of growth in January December is often adjudged the retail sector's most lucrative month of the year, with retailers reporting high volumes of sales throughout the festive period.