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April jobs report reinforces lackluster job market
Last Friday’s (May 4) monthly nonfarm payrolls report from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS), despite showing continued job growth and a slight dip
Unemployment rates drop slightly in March
March unemployment rates in local metro areas fell from February, but were mixed when compared with the same month a year ago. The unemployment rate
New York to require life insurers to cross-check rolls
New York state will issue a mandate requiring life insurers to cross-check their policy rolls against a federal list of recent deaths after a state
Cuomo issues executive order to establish health exchange
Gov. Andrew Cuomo has ordered state agencies to set up a health-benefit exchange in New York that will meet requirements in the federal government’s 2010
Binghamton jobs outlook improves, led by education, health care
BINGHAMTON — The Binghamton–area job market is gradually recovering from the great recession, led by growth in “eds and meds.” “Where we’re seeing our best
Meile plans to grow Titan’s presence in Central New York
SALINA — Titan Insurance & Employee Benefits Agency, LLC is a small firm with a big name — and a Central New York manager who doesn’t shy away from using weighty analogies to compare the company to bigger competitors. “It’s like an elephant turning around in the kitchen,” says Mark Meile, Titan’s district manager for
Top interns like variety, Robert Half manager says
Companies looking to attract summer interns might want to work on job descriptions with a little spice of life — variety. “The variety of the internship is usually what attracts the best talent from the student side,” says Robert Nealon, metro market manager for Robert Half International Inc. (NYSE: RHI). “The big thing for any
EBRI: Workers’ retirement confidence remains low
American workers’ confidence that they will have enough money to retire comfortably is lagging while they remain concerned about jobs and the economy. Those are
Survey: Syracuse MSA has third-best Q2 employment outlook in U.S.
The Syracuse metropolitan statistical area (MSA) has the third-best employment outlook in the country for the second quarter of 2012, according to a recently released survey. A net 21 percent of employers in Syracuse plan to hire in the second quarter, according to the Manpower Employment Outlook Survey, which was released March 13. Manpower, a
POMCO Group to administer benefits for health reform CO-OP
SYRACUSE — POMCO Group will be the benefit administrator for a new nonprofit health-insurance plan in New York that is being created under the 2010
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