America is on the brink of an unemployment fiasco

Tech Insider : Economy
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Unless the Federal Reserve starts to cut interest rates, the recent increase in unemployment is going to get worse.

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Within a year of completing solar-installation training, I landed a full-time job that lets me live the life I want

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Aaron Nichols has worked his way up in the solar industry after completing a six-week installation training program.

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Work friends are over and maybe that's actually fine

Tech Insider : Economy
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Work friendships are dying out, and it may be for the best.

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The latest sign of America's broken work culture: 'quiet vacationing'

Tech Insider : Travel, Economy, Travel
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People are going on trips without telling their bosses, and it's a sign of how messed up the American workplace culture can be.

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I've applied for nearly 200 jobs and can't get hired. I always thought I could fall back on a 'bridge job' stocking shelves — I was wrong.

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"Bridge jobs" are in-person roles in the service industry, many of which pay very low wages.

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Forget red and blue: America's real geographic divide is between bosses and their employees

Tech Insider : Economy
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Housing is a basic need. No matter how expensive it gets, people still need somewhere to live.

Fed policy hasn't cooled the labor market and a 'serious consumer recession' could strike if services jobs tumble, real estate billionaire Barry Sternlicht says

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Barry Sternlicht, chairman and CEO of Starwood Capital Group.

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Why employers are reluctant to hire young men

Tech Insider : Economy, Politics
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Because of America's broken unemployment insurance system, the way firings are handled might affect whether young guys can get hired in the first place.

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Baby boomers are approaching 'peak burden' on the economy

Tech Insider : Economy, Economy
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  • The baby-boomer "time bomb" is finally upon us, economists say.
  • All boomers will be at least 65 soon, the generation's point of "peak burden" on the economy.
  • Future generations can take solace in the fact that no boomer-size generations are in the making.

A time bomb has been ticking in the US.

Why Americans' confidence in finding a new job is tanking even as the labor market is humming along

Tech Insider : Economy, Politics, Economy
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Americans are becoming more pessimistic about their chances of finding a new job if they lose their current one, but the US labor market is holding strong.

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