The Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) - More employers are posting salary bands for job postings, even in states where it’s not mandated by law. The number of U.S. job postings advertising salary information more than doubled between February 2020…
The Associated Press More Americans filed for jobless benefits last week, but layoffs remain historically low despite the Federal Reserve’s aggressive interest rate policy intended to cool the economy and bring down inflation. Applications for jobless aid in the U.S.…
The Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) - Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell said Tuesday that if the U.S. job market further strengthens in the coming months or inflation readings accelerate, the Fed might have to raise its benchmark interest rate higher…
By WVUA 23 News Student Reporter Emily Benito ARD Logistics of Alabama is hosting a hiring event for the month of November. They are looking for more team members, team leads,…
The Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) - America’s employers kept hiring vigorously in October, adding 261,000 positions, a sign that as Election Day nears, the economy remains a picture of solid job growth and painful inflation. Hiring was brisk across industries,…
WASHINGTON (AP) - America’s employers slowed their hiring in September but still added 263,000 jobs, a solid figure that will likely keep the Federal Reserve on pace to keep raising interest rates aggressively to fight persistently high inflation. Hiring fell…
The Tuscaloosa Police Department needs more officers in its ranks, and on Tuesday organization officials ensured the city is aware of it. During the latest Tuscaloosa City Council meeting, Assistant…
By MICHAEL GOLDBERG Associated Press/Report for America JACKSON, Miss. (AP) - The United States' ongoing labor shortage is bad for employers but presents an opportunity for workers who often could not find jobs in rosier economic times: ex-prisoners. Special training…
WASHINGTON (AP) - More Americans applied for unemployment benefits last week, and while layoffs remain low, it’s the fifth straight week claims have topped the 230,000 mark. Applications for jobless aid for the week ending July 2 rose to 235,000,…
By WVUA 23 Digital Reporter Kyle Hamrick West AlabamaWorks will host a hiring event featuring more than 100 employers in Eutaw on Thursday, May 19, from 2 to 6 p.m. This free event aims to teach job seekers how to…
By WVUA 23 Digital Reporter Kyle Hamrick West AlabamaWorks recognized 40 high school graduates entering the workforce at a signing reception held Wednesday afternoon at the Tuscaloosa Career and Technology Academy.…
By WVUA 23 Digital Reporter Kyrsten Eller West AlabamaWorks and Shelton State Community College are bringing back the wildly successful Worlds of Work event this week, offering high-schoolers a chance at interviewing for a full-time post-school career. Worlds of Work…
FAYETTE - The hiring fair is a result of the Fayette Fabrication company unexpectedly closing its doors, laying off more than 90 employees. "Imagine waking up one day... you have a…
By WVUA 23 News Reporter Jacyn Abbott Are you a health care worker looking for a job? DCH Regional Medical Center is hosting a fun-filled job recruitment fair later this month. The fair, happening Thursday, Feb. 17 at the Lewis…
By WVUA 23 Digital Reporter Kyrsten Eller On Thursday, Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey announced that Fetch Rewards, the fastest-growing rewards app in the nation, is opening an office facility in Birmingham, creating 200 full-time jobs for those seeking job opportunities.…
By WVUA 23 News Reporter Karris Harmon For the past five months, Alabama's unemployment rate has been holding steady at 3.1%. That's great news, said Alabama Department of Labor Secretary Fitzgerald Washington. "In fact, for 13 months in a row,…
MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) - Alabama's monthly unemployment rate was unchanged at 3.1%, holding steady for the fifth straight month. The state says the December rate was below the level of a year before, 4.7%. And it was better than the…
