Expats Consider These the Top Cities to Live and Work in the USA
Expats were asked to complete a survey to find the best cities to live and work abroad They rated 25 different elements of living abroad measuring the quality of life, work-life satisfaction, getting settled, local cost of living, and financial security and housing. Over 20,000 expat employees across 187 countries chose the top 82 cities […]
US Jobs and Salaries Are Growing Rapidly in These Boomtowns
The United States has several cities experiencing significant job and salary growth These boomtowns have been ranked by SmartAsset using seven metrics: unemployment rate, population change, GDP growth rate, number of jobs created, change in household incomes, and housing growth. Colorado has three cities in the top ten. Longmont, CO, ranked number one, with an […]
Hispanic Women Have Growing Influence in US Economy
Hispanic women are on the rise in the US workforce and are expected to continue the trend By 2028, experts have forecast Latinas to total more than nine percent of the total labor force in the United States, a rise from 7.5 percent in 2018. The Bureau of Labor Statistics says both Latino men and […]
Foreign Workers Needed to Help Fill 1.4 Million Jobs in Germany
The German government recently passed a law geared toward attracting skilled workers from outside the EU There are currently 2.5 million Europeans working in Germany, but it is estimated that the number will soon decrease. The neighboring countries are seeing workers nearing retirement age and will need their own workers. Although Germany wants to use […]
Watch: US Employers Added 266,000 Jobs in November 2019
Hiring in the U.S. increased in November 2019 to the highest rate since January of the same year and wages increased over three percent. Employers paid no attention to trade conflicts and a worldwide slowdown and added 266,000 positions. In October, the unemployment rate dropped from 3.6 percent to 3.5 percent, matching a 50-year low, […]
America’s Economy Enjoys Historic Economic Growth
According to Josh Bivens, the director of research at the Economic Policy Institute, “Recessions are usually policy mistakes. We really can keep these recoveries going for quite a long time if we have a really careful smart policy”. For the past decade, the US has dodged a recession, making it the first time in American […]
Immigrants Earn Good Living in the USA as Truck Drivers
The average salary for long-haul truck drivers in the United States is $43,252, and those who own their own trucks make up to double the amount. The good pay is a draw for immigrants from northern and western India. Of the 3.5 million truck drivers in the U.S, close to 150,000 of them are from […]
America’s Best Cities for Jobseekers
The unprecedented job growth over the last decade in the US makes finding a job easy. But even with the growth, some cities are having more jobs created than others. St. George, Utah, is the number one United States metro region with the largest job increase rate. There have been additional 15,054 jobs created over […]
Canada’s Construction Industry Needs More Skilled Workers
Ontario, Canada, is on course to lose up to 500 carpenters per year to retirement over the next decade. Toronto’s booming condo construction, along with other major projects in the city, requires replenishing skilled workers in the field. To combat the lack of workers, Mike Yorke, President of the Carpenters District Council of Toronto, says […]
US Employment at 50-Year High as 266,000 Jobs Added
Employment in the United States is at a 50-year high as the economy increased by 266,000 jobs in November 2019. Wages also increased by three percent from the beginning of the year. Trade war talks with China and reports of companies struggling to fill open positions have not dampened the pace of hiring in the […]