Bureau of Labor Statistics

BLS Data – August 2016

As with the first Friday of each month, the BLS employment statistics were released today.  Attached is our monthly ‘cheat sheet’ for your use and information.  The national unemployment rate for August 2016 remained unchanged at 4.9% and the Veteran unemployment numbers for August 2016 decreased from 4.7% to 4.3%.   Thanks to all of […]

Bureau of Labor Statistics

BLS Data – December 2015, 4th Quarter and 2015 Annual

Happy New Year! The BLS employment statistics were released today. Attached is our monthly ‘cheat sheet’ for your use and information. We have also provided the most recent quarterly report along with the 2015 yearly report. The national unemployment rate remained unchanged at 5.0% and the Veteran unemployment numbers increased from 3.6% to 4.8%. Thanks […]

Bureau of Labor Statistics

BLS Data – May 2015

As with the first Friday of each month, the BLS employment statistics were released today.  Attached is a ‘cheat sheet’ for your use and information.  The national unemployment rate increased from 5.4% to 5.5% and the Veteran unemployment numbers increased from 4.7% to 5.0%. Thanks to all of you who are working directly or indirectly, […]

Bureau of Labor Statistics

February 2015 Employment Data Report

As with the first Friday of every month, the BLS employment statistics were released today.  Attached is our ‘cheat sheet’ for your use and information.  The national unemployment rate went down from 5.7% to 5.5% and the Veteran unemployment numbers remained unchanged at 5.3%.     Thanks to all of you who are working directly […]

Comcast

Comcast Among Top 10 Companies for Vets

PHILADELPHIA, PA – April 11, 2012 – For the sixth consecutive year, Comcast Corporation, (Nasdaq: CMCSA, CMCSK), one of the nation’s leading providers of entertainment, information and communications products and services, has been honored as one of the top 10 U.S. corporations for doing business with companies owned by military veterans. The National Veteran-Owned Business […]

President Obama greets veterans after delivering remarks on tax credits to help get veterans back to work on Nov. 7, 2011, at the White House. (YURI GRIPAS - AFP/GETTY IMAGES)

President Obama’s Plan to Put Veterans Back to Work

In his State of the Union address, President Obama called for a new Veterans Job Corps initiative to help our returning veterans find pathways to civilian employment. The Administration’s new veteran employment initiatives, coupled with the work that President Obama has already accomplished in creating employment opportunities for veterans, will help put tens of thousands of veterans […]