JPMorgan Chase to Hire 1,200 in 23 States

MarketWatch: JPMorgan & Chase announced plans Tuesday to hire 1,200 mortgage loan officers as the bank moves to expand its home loan business.
New loan officers will be hired in 23 states, including finance jobs in Chicago, New York, California, Florida and Texas, according to CNNMoney.
Chase weathered the downturn in the housing market better than rival [...]

Grocery-Store Chains Offer Best Job Security

Want to choose a safe place to ride out the recession? Try a grocery-store chain. Four of nine companies on Investopedia’s Top 9 companies for Job Security are grocery- or convenience-store chains.

Nugget Market, grocery store chain, Woodland, Calif., Privately held
Devon Energy, oil and gas producer, Oklahoma City, Okla. Publicly traded
Aflac, supplemental insurance provider, Columbus, Ga. [...]

Follow Federal Stimulus Money to Construction and Engineering Jobs

Two-hundred fifty million dollars to Northgate Constructors, in Irving, Texas; $189 million to Kiewet Pacific Co., in Santa Fe Springs, Calif; $80 million to Richard E. Pierson Construction, in Camden, N.J.
That’s just some of the money going to local contractors under the federal highway stimulus program, and those are just some of the companies that [...]

Unemployment Rate Passes 12 Percent in 5 States

It’s not only the big states that have been hit hard by the economy, says recent government data released on Friday. Several smaller states including Rhode Island, Nevada and Oregon are now experiencing what states like California and Michigan have suffered since 2008: high rates of unemployment. Unemployment topped 12 percent in all five states [...]

Compliance isn’t Recession-Proof, it’s Recession-Busting

Whether you’re going into business or going out of business or it’s just business as usual, you need an accountant. The profession is proving extremely recession proof, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics and a report Friday on Forbes.com.
The Bureau of Labor Statistics projects that the number of jobs for accountants and auditors will [...]

Oregon, North Carolina, Nevada and Indiana Hit Double-Digit Unemployment

Eight states are suffering double-digit unemployment. Regional and State Employment and Unemployment Summary, released April 17 by the Dept. of Labor’s Bureau of Labor Statistics, revealed that Oregon, North Carolina, Nevada and Indiana had topped 10 percent unemployment, traditionally considered one of the definitions of an economic depression. Michigan, California, South Carolina and Rhode [...]

Times are Tough, Tougher in Michigan, California, Rhode Island and South Carolina,

The U.S. unemployment rate, released March 6,  rose to 8.1 percent in February, the highest since 1983. Some economists predict the U.S. jobless rate will surpass double digits. In California, Michigan, Rhode Island and South Carolina, it already has.
The U.S. Department of Labor’s Bureau of Labor Statistics released data March 11 on state and regional [...]