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Good Jobs, Green Jobs South arrives in Atlanta two weeks from today. The regional conference will be held at the Hyatt Regency Atlanta on February 23-24, 2012. There will be 40 workshops addressing an array of topics including education, renewable energy, energy efficiency, business investments, transportation and emerging green markets. Additionally, there will be panel discussions and networking events unique to the Atlanta regional conference.
Good Jobs, Green Jobs is now in its fifth year and has previously been held in Washington D.C. as an annual national conference. In an effort to increase participation this year, Good Jobs, Green Jobs will hold four regional conferences starting in Atlanta and then moving to Los Angeles, Philedelphia, and concluding in Detroit.
Registration is $195 for the two day conference. You may Register here.
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!
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.