Jobs For Connecticut Now

A June jobs report showing a spike in North Shore unemployment since May is most likely a reflection of the hard time young people are having landing summer jobs or starting their careers, said Mary Sarris, executive director of the North Shore Workforce Investment Board. Read More

The Massachusetts economy continued to expand at a healthier clip than the nation’s in the first half of 2011, according to state and federal reports released today. The University of Massachusetts said today that the state’s economy grew at an annual rate of 4.3percent on the second quarter, more than three times faster than the national economy, which expanded at just 1.3 percent during the same period. Read More

Massachusetts is on pace to create 84,000 new jobs this year — up from just 38,000 last year, according to an economic forecast provided to the Herald. And salaries should rise 3.2 percent this year and 3.6 percent in 2012. The Bay State economy is expected to grow 2.9 percent this year and 2.8 percent next year, according to economists’ predictions — slowing from last year’s heady 3.4 percent growth rate, but still expanding at a healthy clip. Read More

Calling all job seekers, the Massachusetts manufacturing industry is looking for you. “There are opportunities for manufacturing in this Commonwealth and specialized manufacturing,” said Rep. Joe Wagner (D-Chicopee) who chaired a Jobs Creation Commission meeting Wednesday. Read More.

Stephen Colella, a West Warwick resident, started ‘Job Club RI’ in October 2009 and has since helped 39 people find jobs. Read below to see what his program offers and how he offers the program for free, using his own resources. Read More

Stephen Colella, a West Warwick resident, started ‘Job Club RI’ in October 2009 and has since helped 39 people find jobs. Read below to see what his program offers and how he offers the program for free, using his own resources. Read More

There was yet another year-over-over decline in home sales and prices in June — the last decline that can be blamed on the sales peak fueled by last year’s stimulus tax break, according to the New Hampshire Association of Realtors. Home sales declined 13.6 percent statewide and prices fell by 4.3 percent to 220,000 compared to June 2010, the last month it was possible for first-time homebuyers to close a deal in order to earn an $8,000 tax credit. Indeed, as if to underline that point, prices declined by slightly more than the tax break, by $9,850. Read More.

The number of jobs in the Norwich/New London labor market area rose by 1,100 to 129,000 in June compared with May, the Connecticut Department of Labor said in its monthly jobs report.   Willimantic/Danielson, which is the labor market for Windham County, rose by 600 jobs to 36,300 in June from May. Willimantic/Danielson was the third strongest market over that span. Torrington was No. 2, adding 1,000 jobs in June compared with May. Read More.

The state’s unemployment rate was unchanged from May, holding at 7.6 percent last month, while the national unemployment rate rose slightly to 9.2 percent in June. Massachusetts employers added jobs across a broad array of sectors, from manufacturing and construction, to professional, scientific and technical services occupations, education, and health care. Read More.

Two of the hardest-hit industries during the past recession were among the strongest providers of job growth in Massachusetts last month, according to new figures released by the state. The Executive Office of Labor and Workforce Development reported Thursday that the state added an estimated 10,400 jobs in June. The state’s unemployment rate, meanwhile, remained stable at 7.6 percent, compared with a national jobless rate of 9.2 percent. Read More.