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Duluth jobless rate lowest of 2009
...A net increase of about 300 people in Duluth found employment last month, lowering the total of unemployed workers to about 3,300, according to figures from the Minnesota Department of Employment and Economic Development. July's unemployment rate... and a drift upward in employment," he said. Ness attributes the city's job growth to small and... analyst for DEED. Digby cited health care, architecture, engineering and computers as some of the sectors responsible... said. "When the regional economy rebounds, Duluth will be able to build upon a foundation that is growing in strength relative to...

MT unemployment up to 6.7 percent | KXNet.com North Dakota News
... rate for July increased by 0.3 percent to 6.7 percent. Labor Commissioner Keith Kelly notes Montana's rate is still well below the national unemployment rate of 9.4 percent. Kelly says Montana's economy is showing mixed signs of recovery, which is an improvement over the significant financial and economic downturn this past winter. But he says his department is looking forward to clear indications of job stability and economic recovery. The unemployment rate fell in 17 states and the District of Columbia from June to July. Montana was one of 26 states that saw an increased unemployment rate.

Joanie Mahoney turns to family to fil... - The Post-Standard
... turns to family to fill vacant Onondaga County park's job by John Mariani / The Post-Standard Bill Lansley County Executive ...some key county legislators agree. "Bill is the most qualified person for the job. He has worked his entire adult career toward this goal. If you look at his qualifications,... additional experience he has as an assistant commissioner in county government." The job was not posted, other than the announcement of Geraci's ...of experience, education or both in park management, recreation, landscape architecture, engineering or a related field. Administrative experience is a plus...

Nationals promote assistant Mike Rizzo to GM job
... conference Thursday to announce Mike Rizzo's promotion to general manager and senior vice president of baseball operations. Rizzo joined the Nationals as an assistant GM in July 2006. He has been serving as the acting general manager since March, when Jim Bowden resigned. Now Rizzo gets the full-fledged job. He was a minor league player for four years and is widely regarded as a strong evaluator of talent. Rizzo's promotion comes a few days after he negotiated a record-breaking contract worth $15.1 million over four years with No. 1 overall draft pick Stephen Strasburg. The San Diego State ...

Delayed order forces Minn. bus maker layoffs
ST. CLOUD, Minn. (AP) A St. Cloud bus manufacturer recently touted by Vice President Joe Biden is laying off workers. St. Cloud, one of three New Flyer plants, will lose 70 jobs by December. All of the plants will close for two weeks at the end of the year. New Flyer plans to lay off 270 employees at its plants and 50 salaried workers, mostly at its Winnipeg, Manitoba, headquarters. A company official says the cutbacks result from a delayed order for 140 diesel-electric hybrid buses by Chicago Transit Authority, which couldn't secure state funding. Information from: St. Cloud Times, http://www...

Fla. man helps homeless prepare for jobs
..., FLAD101, FLAD102, FLAD104, FLAD105 MIAMI (AP) The homeless in Miami are getting a makeover all in the hopes of finding a job. The man behind the idea is Frank Kelly, a 32-year-old product director at Johnson & Johnson and motivational ... emotional, professional and physical. The idea is that in less than a month, they gain the confidence to land a job through the skills learned. Since beginning the program nearly two years ago, Kelly has helped nine people find jobs. Nan Roman with the National Coalition for the Homeless calls the project "humanizing" and says she was impressed when she ...

Official: Privacy not guaranteed in hiring probe
BOZEMAN, Mont. (AP) An investigator looking into reports that the city of Bozeman asked applicants for their login information to social networking sites says she can't guarantee confidentiality for the people she talks to during the probe. Private investigator Michele Puiggari told city employees in a recent letter that the information they give her is confidential for now but may be released to the public after the investigation. Information from: Bozeman Daily Chronicle, http://www.bozemandailychronicle.

Schools Expanding Green Career Degree Options
... been sufficient," noted Christoph Reinhart, associate professor of architectural technology at Harvard's design school. "Now there's an expectation ... are available throughout the country in a wide range of academic disciplines, including agriculture, engineering, business and interior design. "You need people who are experts ... a noncredit certificate program in Green Future Management for professionals in architecture, engineering, real estate, government, nonprofit management and ... a "fast track to employment." Yet Newsweek points out that students interested in pursuing green careers are not ...

Does chief planner fail job test?
...for city planning director meets the legal qualifications for the job. The city charter specifies that the planning director must ... so.” Cunningham holds degrees in engineering and architecture from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. He comes ... Planning Department from Parsons Brinckerhoff, a planning, engineering and construction management firm based in New York City. There, he was senior vice ... County, Kansas. Early in his career, he worked with the renovation of north Omaha's Blue Lion Centre... work for a city, even if he wasn't employed by a city. The charter language, adopted in 1956, ...