St. Louis area business and career consultant Allan Smith raises an interesting point about what many see as a paradox: Vacations for the unemployed.
Posting on his Biz Blog, the Business-plus adviser says he’s seen many clients grapple with “this untimely conundrum” over the…
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Loading ...In the first of a three-stop swing through the state, Gov. Jay Nixon arrived at the Forest Park campus of St. Louis Community College Thursday morning to formally sign Missouri’s comprehensive jobs bill into law.
Before day’s end, the ceremony will be repeated —…
(1 votes, average: 1 out of 5) Loading ...It was April, 2008, months before the word “recession” was on all our lips, that Staffing Solutions and the future collided head-on.
“We’d had our best quarter ever,” said Bonny Filandrinos, the president of the Clayton-based temporary placement firm. “And all of…
(2 votes, average: 5 out of 5) Loading ...Using data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics, Slate magazine has assembled an interactive map that provides a vivid timeline of the recession. Click on “When Did Your County’s Jobs Disappear?” and watch communities across the country turn from blue (employed) to…
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Job seekers check postings at weekly meeting of Businesspersons Between Jobs (Robert Cohen photo)
By several accounts, Businesspersons Between Jobs is expanding faster than Rush Limbaugh’s ego. It wasn’t that long ago the organization, which has been around since 1970, could count on…
(5 votes, average: 3.6 out of 5) Loading ...Faces and clothes smudged with the grime that defines their labor, three dozen shift workers at Amsted Rail (American Steel Foundry) took advantage of Tuesday’s unseasonably warm temperatures for a rare outdoor February lunch break.
Standing on a sidewalk in front of…
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