Although my colleague David Nicklaus posted an item on Mound City Money after we heard Saint Louis University economist Jack Strauss expound on the relationship between small business and hiring at a forum last week, an op-ed piece in Tuesday’s New York Times — Help Small Businesses…

The New York Times is reporting that policy makers are considering “something the federal government has not tried since the 1970s” — a plan to offer tax incentives to companies that create jobs.

To me, the prospect of tax credits to…

With hope of saving jobs at Chrysler/Fenton all but gone, union, educational and governmental officials are turning the focus on retraining the workers who, until recently, earned a living assembling minivans and pick-up trucks at that location.

When it comes to preparing laid off…

It was about 14 seconds into this gig when the buzzword that defines the coverage of the jobs beat first evidenced itself. Through the years, the term has been known, variously, as the
“old boy network,” “schmoozing” and “it’s all who…

I’m a little confused.

Last week, a press release from Qvisory, a non-profit that advocates for the health, financial well-being and career goals of the 18-34 age group, landed in my in-box.

Qvisory wanted to bring my attention to the results of a…

After attending to the needs of  Wall Street fat cats, banking institutions and domestic automakers, Congress has finally turned its attention to the 3.1 million left jobless by the economic downturn.

According to a synopsis prepared by The New York Times, the…