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More People Apply for Unemployment Benefits, Reversing Trend

WASHINGTON -- More people applied for unemployment benefits last week, the first increase in three weeks. Still, the broader trend points to a slowly healing jobs market. The government says applications for unemployment benefits rose 27,000 to a seasonally adjusted 412,000 for the week ended April 9. That left...

US Experiencing Uneven Job Growth Across States

WASHINGTON -- U.S. companies have added jobs for 12 straight months, giving some of the hardest hit states a lift. But the gains have been uneven and several states are still losing jobs. California and Michigan, which each suffered some of the worst losses during the recession, are adding jobs again. California last...

Despite Employment Perils, US Is Finally Hiring -- for These Jobs

The jobs may finally be coming back. After a financial crisis and recession that knocked more than 8.5 million people out of work and a faltering economic recovery that couldn't even produce enough new jobs to employ graduates and other new entrants to the labor force, the U.S. private sector last month created jobs at a...

Bernanke: Mideast Threat to US Economy Is Mild -- For Now

The spike in fuel prices, sparked by Mideast turmoil, currently poses only a mild threat of broader inflation because the ailing U.S. jobs market has kept a lid on wages, Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke told Congress today. But a continuing rise in the prices of oil and other commodities like steel, cotton and food...

Never List 'God' as a Reference on a Resume

Advice for a successful job search often includes the tip that it is who, rather than what, you know. Let's hope that explains some of the results from a study by an international recruitment agency that said one job seeker submitted a resume citing "God" as a professional reference, while another was written in...