Jobs

U.S. employers filled more of their available jobs in June, evidence that steady if modest economic growth is putting more Americans to work.

All of a sudden, this week, I am being inundated with...how can I put this...job "offers."

Job openings stayed close to a 15-year high in May. It's a sign that companies are expecting continued economic growth, but the level of advertised jobs has yet to drive the same kind of increase in actual hiring.

While New Jersey's economy has seen improvement in recent months, the state's unemployment rate continues to trail the nation. In May, the state added 12,200 jobs, but the unemployment rate held steady at 6.5 percent. Nationally, the unemployment rate was 5.5 percent for the month of May.

The U.S. economy contracted in the first three months of the year, just not as much as previously estimated. More recent data show that the weakness was largely temporary, with a rebound in the works for the April-June quarter.

Unemployment rates rose in 25 U.S. states last month, driven higher in many cases by more people who began looking for work but didn't immediately find jobs.

According to an analysis of Twitter posts over the course of a year, workers in New Jersey are not as happy with their jobs as people in most other states.

Earnings at work are expected to be at their highest level in the years leading up to retirement, but that is not the case for plenty of today's older employees.

If you want an income, or you're an employer looking for help, it may be time to scrap the idea of the traditional 9-to-5 arrangement.

Dennis doesn't normally get dressed up to go to work but today he had to.