jobs

Higher wages and help wanted ads are plentiful, but workers aren’t filling jobs in NJ

May 14, 2021

Take leisure and hospitality out of the overall job market equation, the reserve said, and “there is relatively little decline in the correlation” between unemployment and job vacancies. Carl Van Horn, director of the John J. Heldrich Center for Workforce Development...

Build Back Better: Creating infrastructure and emergency community service jobs programs

March 6, 2021

Workers suffering the greatest economic harm in the current crisis include people of color, low-wage earners in the service sector, women, and individuals with lower educational levels.

Building back better:A national jobs strategy

February 19, 2021

The economic impacts of the pandemic on Americans, accentuated by the health crisis, is reflected in the proportion of individuals reporting pay cuts and layoffs.

‘Help Wanted’ — four strategies to fix America’s jobs crisis

February 16, 2021

Last week, the Congressional Budget Office projected record-breaking growth in 2021, but it is premature to celebrate this rosy macroeconomic projection because the rest of their report contained the alarming prediction that the U.S. labor market will not...

Did you retire too soon? How to get back in the workforce

February 12, 2021

Unsure what kind of work might appeal to you? Expand your network and strike up conversations. “Use social media tools to see what’s out there and what has changed,” said Maria Heidkamp, director of program development at the Heldrich Center for Workforce Development...

One thing we agree on – How the American public views the economic crisis

February 3, 2021

Survey results showed that the public shares widespread agreement regarding the state of the economy and what the response to joblessness should be.

Research: Disconnect between public assistance recipients and policies designed to assist them with returning to work

January 23, 2021

Study findings reveal that unclear policy goals, overly generalized services, and miscommunication require recipients to self-advocate and ultimately impedes recipient pursuing employment-related goals.

Healing the wounded economy: Large majorities of Americans support government action to create jobs; help workers, businesses

January 12, 2021

Americans are eager for the government to ease the pain of the recession brought about by the pandemic.

In November, men dropped out of the workforce at higher rates than women

December 7, 2020

About 347,000 men left the workforce in November, compared to about 10,000 women. That’s in stark contrast to September, when 865,000 women left the labor force — four times the number of men that month. The drop-off is somewhat striking because aside from March and...

Rutgers Economist available to discuss November jobs report

December 5, 2020

Rutgers economist William M. Rodgers is available for interviews on the November jobs report from the U.S. Labor Department to be released Friday, Dec. 4.