Job Picture Brightens with August Hiring
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The U.S. job market brightened  modestly in August as employers added 144,000 workers to their  payrolls and hiring totals for the two prior months were  revised up, the Labor Department reported on Friday.
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Shares of most U.S. staffing companies  rose on Friday after a less than expected moderation in job  growth in August, reflecting still steady demand, industry  executives and analysts said.
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The U.S. job market brightened in August as employers added 144,000 workers to their payrolls and hiring totals for the two prior months were revised up, the Labor Department reported on Friday.
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The US economy added 144,000 jobs in August, dropping the unemployment rate to its lowest level in nearly two years and handing George W. Bush fresh ammunition to claim that life is getting better for Americans.
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The employment outlook is brightening in the Merrimack Valley, according to a recent survey and local officials, though they caution that this spurt in hiring largely compensates for the job losses in recent years.
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Employers added twice as many new jobs to their ranks than expected in October, an encouraging sign that the nation's employment climate is not cracking under the stress of a deepening housing slump.
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Good news. If Korn/Ferry is any indication, it may be getting easier to get a job.
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The number of new people signing up for unemployment benefits rose sharply last week but the overall level of applications still points to a recovering job market.
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U.S. employers added 132,000 jobs in June and payrolls rose more strongly than previously thought in April and May, according to a Labor Department report that underlined a strengthening job market.
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NEW YORK -- The US service sector accelerated its hiring in August, but its growth rate slowed markedly compared with July, according to a report released Friday.
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The US economy generated 144,000 jobs in August, the Labour Department said, in a sign that the labour market was improving slightly after two sluggish months.
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The pace of job creation picked up modestly in August and the unemployment rate edged down, the Labor Department said on Friday in a report that offered some political
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U.S. employers probably increased their hiring slightly in September, economists said in advance of jobs figures being released this morning.
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up 45 percent from August -- according to a survey released by the outplacement firm Challenger, Gray and Christmas. Compared with a year ago, job cuts were up 41 percent.
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America's payrolls picked up in August, with the economy adding 144,000 jobs, slightly less than economists were forecasting and highlighting the slow and uneven recovery in the labor market that jobseekers have braved.
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Job creation improved in August, but employment is below 50-year average, giving fodder to Kerry and Bush.
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WASHINGTON - Employers stepped up hiring in August, expanding payrolls by 144,000 and lowering the unemployment rate to 5.4 percent.