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The Women’s Bureau of the Department of Labor has just released a major publication titled - Why Green is your Color: A Woman’s Guide to a Sustainable Career! It’s a comprehensive manual to assist women of all career levels succeed in our developing green economy. The extensive, well organized guide delves into all things green – education, occupations, entrepreneurship, job search methodology and career planning.
What is a green job? Green jobs are generally defined as jobs that restore, protect, or conserve the natural environment.
In the coming weeks, the Department of Labor will be launching a new online tool to help connect youth around the country with great opportunities for the summer of 2012. Sign up to be the first to know when the Summer Jobs+ Jobs Bank is live!
U.S. economic employment started the new year strong. The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today (February 3) that employers added 243,000jobs in January with the unemployment rate dropping to 8.3% from 8.5% in December . That’s nearly 100,000 more jobs than economists projected. Additionally, employment for November and December was revised upward by 60,000. The BLS reports that “job growth was widespread, with large gains in professional and business services, leisure and hospitality, and manufacturing”.
The unemployment rate averaged 8.9 percent last year, down from 9.6 percent the previous year. Regarding government employment, the Bureau of Labor Statistics reports that “ government employment changed little in January. Over the past 12 months, the sector has lost 276,000 jobs, with declines in local government; state government, excluding education; and the U.S. Postal Service.
Economists estimate that employers will add about 2.1 million jobs in 2012. That compares to 1.6 million in 2011 and 940,000 in 2010. 125,000 are needed each month just to keep up with the growth in the potential labor force. This is the fifth month in a row in which the economy generated 100,000 jobs or more.
The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported Friday (January 6) that employers added 200,000 jobs in December with the unemployment rate dropping to 8.5%. That’s 50,000 more jobs than economists expected. The unemployment rate averaged 8.9 percent last year, down from 9.6 percent the previous year. November’s unemployment rate had dropped to 8.6 % from a 2011 high of 9.2%. Job gains occurred in retail, health care, transportation, warehousing, mining and manufacturing.
Economists estimate that employers will add about 2.1 million jobs in 2012. That compares to 1.6 million in 2011 and 940,000 in 2010. 125,000 are needed each month just to keep up with the growth in the potential labor force. The economy typically needs to add 125,000 jobs each month just to keep up with population growth. Government employment changed little in December but was down by 280,000 in 2011.
The hiring gains cap a six-month period in which the economy generated 100,000 jobs or more each month. That hasn’t happened since April 2006.