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Wednesday, September 28, 2011

Employment

News                                                                                                                             
NY Times | Obama Proposes Protecting Unemployed Against Hiring Bias
...Lawrence Z. Lorber, a labor law specialist who represents employers, said the president’s proposal “opens another avenue of employment litigation and nuisance lawsuits.”
Market Watch | Where the jobs really are
Unemployment remains high and the job market is tough for many. But people still need other people to repair their cars, do their accounting, repair computers, write apps and even sell them things. And there currently are more opportunities in those occupations than others, according to online job postings.
NY Times | Low Consumer Confidence Suggests Hiring Is Still Weak
Confidence among the nation’s consumers stagnated near a two-year low in September, and the share of households that said it was difficult to find a job climbed to the highest level in almost three decades, a research group said on Tuesday.

Econ Comments                                                                                                             
WSJ | Every Job Requires an Entrepreneur
Someone took risks to start every business—whether Ford, Google or your local dry cleaner.

Blogs                                                                                                                             
Daily Capitalist | The State of Employment In America
McKinsey Global Research just came out with a study dealing with jobs in America, “An Economy That Works: Job Creation and America’s Future.” McKinsey loves to put put these big studies. It gives them the imprimatur of Big Thinkers and attracts clients.