March Jobs Report Brings Good News—Finally

With gain of 216,000 jobs last month, employment market is picking up steam

April 1, 2011 RSS Feed Print

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See charts for March's report.

[See Weak Summer Job Market Means Teens Should Look Early.]

Yet without further acceleration of the employment market, recovery could be "lumpy," says William Rodgers, professor of public policy at Rutgers University and chief economist of the school's John J. Heldrich Center for Workforce Development. "The economy, in my view, has sort of shifted from first gear to second gear ... In the next quarter or few months, we're really looking for more signs that now we're going to get the economy shifting into that third or fourth gear."

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Since unemployment is much higher for teenagers, high school graduates, younger minorities, and the undereducated, jobs at McDonald's or similar entry level jobs can go a long way towards giving people work experience and maybe inspiring them to bigger and better things.

David of AZ 12:22PM April 06, 2011

many of these jobs are around minimum wage or slightly higher which is not enough for people to live on. McDonald's is suppose to higher up to 50,000 people this month and we know (or should know) how much they pay!
Until there are jobs being offered that can really support families without the parents having to work two jobs each, there isn't much to celebrate.

Tree Hugger of CO 10:08AM April 05, 2011