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Help Rebuild America (HRA)
At Help Rebuild America (HRA), our main goal is Job Creation on a national level. From Administrative to Telecomm and everything in between, we work on Job Placement within all industry sectors. The effort specializes in both re-training and cross-training America's unemployed and military personnel into a growing viable workforce. We provide them with the necessary resources required to get them back on their feet and into today's global competitive workplace.To this end, we hire at least 50% of our staff from the ranks of the unemployed and military veterans.
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Unemployment Falls to 7.7%
The unemployment rate fell from 7.9% to 7.7% in November, and the Wall Street Journal gives you permission to care a little less than usual. It calls today's report "the least important look at the labor market in about five years." That's because 1) Hurricane Sandy, holiday hiring,...
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Unemployment May Be Just as Bad for Heart as Smoking
Depressing news from a new study: Losing a job repeatedly could be just as bad for your heart as smoking, high blood pressure, or diabetes, Time reports. The study looked at more than 13,000 adults aged 50 to 75 and followed them for 18 years, finding a strong link...
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U.S. Adds 172,000 Jobs, But Unemployment Hits 8.3%
New figures show the official U.S. unemployment rose to 8.3 percent in July, up from 8.2 percent the month before. Despite the slide, non-farm jobs saw an increase of 172,000, ending a three-month run below 100,000. At the White House, President Obama welcomed the newly created jobs and said Republican policies would only further weaken continued growth. President Obama: "That means that we now created 4.5 million new jobs over the last 29 months and 1.1 ...
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Young Americans calling White House upset over unemployment of 18-29 year olds
The nation’s largest watchdog for young American jobs and unemployment is calling on 18-29 year olds to call the White House today after learning that their age group unemployment rates continue to increase. Generation Opportunity is encouraging its Facebook fans, as well as its thousands of grassroots supporters across the nation, to call (202) 456-1414 and “demand that the policies of the last three and a half years, which have stifled job creation, be reversed in favor of policies ...
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U.S. unemployment aid applications rise to 365,000
By ASSOCIATED PRESS | 8/2/12 9:25 AM EDT WASHINGTON (AP) — The number of people seeking U.S. unemployment benefits rose last week, though the data was likely skewed higher by seasonal factors. Weekly applications increased by 8,000 to a seasonally adjusted 365,000, the Labor Department said Thursday. The four-week average, a less volatile measure, fell for the sixth straight week to 365,500, the lowest since March 31. The decline in the four-week average ...