LOUISVILLE, Ky. — More than 5,500 people have applied this month for what turned out to be just 50 factory jobs, some of them temporary, paying $15.78 per hour at Ford Motor Co.’s Fern Valley Road plant.
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Here’s Some Good Jobs News Out Of Texas
Some so-so from the Lone Star State, where the Dallas Fed manufacturing report beat expectations (but fell), and the employment subindex hit its highest level in a year.
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Labour crisis hits Rocky
Human resources experts have long warned about a looming labour shortage in Alberta. For many Rocky Mountain House employers, the crisis has already arrived.
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Canadian Oil Sands Continue to Produce Whether the US Wants it or Not
One of the strangest things about U.S. hesitation over the Keystone XL pipeline is that despite environmental objections against it, nearly half of all Canadian oil exports to the U.S. already come from oil sands. The pipeline, a project of TransCanada, would transport an addition 830,000 barrels per day from Alberta down to the U.S. Gulf Coast.
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US Energy Boom to Create 500,000 Additional Jobs by 2020
The Gulf Coast is expected to boom over the coming years, as more oil and gas companies drill offshore wells, the fracking industry produces more and more gas and oil which needs to be converted into LNG or refined into usable petroleum products, and plans exist to pipe Canadian crude down to ports in the Gulf for refining and export.
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Small-business jobs rising as economy strengthens
Small-business hiring and confidence about the future are rising, a signal of the economy’s growing strength and diminishing concerns about employee insurance coverage required by the new health care law.
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Booming economy creates struggle for employers
When looking for a job, there’s probably no better feeling than opening up your local newspaper and seeing a whole list of employers looking for someone just like you.
However, employers in the city of Grande Prairie may not feel the same way.
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Why Every Oil & Gas Discovery is a ‘Game Changer’
What would you expect them to say?
That’s the question you should ask whenever spokespersons for the oil and gas industry (or fake think tanks funded by the industry or analysts whose bread is buttered by the industry) announce a new find that is going to be a “game-changer” (or bigger than another well-known world-class field or enough to make America energy independent again).
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Alberta economic snapshot for August 10, 2013
CALGARY, AB, Aug 10, 2013/ Troy Media/ – Alberta may be experiencing a cold, damp summer, but its jobs market is anything but.
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Jobless rate falls but still higher than last year
The unemployment rate dropped in the Lethbridge region in July, but it’s too early to tell whether the decrease is just a blip or the start of a trend.
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