/tags/job-market Job Market en-US Copyright © 2024 ÍâÍøÌìÌà Thu, 25 Jul 2024 10:00:00 GMT /economy-business/2024-07-25/st-louis-region-breaks-employment-records-as-workforce-population-grows For the first time since 1990, the St. Louis region is among the nation’s top 10 metro areas for job growth. Employment in the 14-county region that includes the Metro East has risen 2.16% this year — surpassing the national rate of 1.7%. Thu, 25 Jul 2024 10:00:00 GMT /economy-business/2024-07-25/st-louis-region-breaks-employment-records-as-workforce-population-grows Lauren Brennecke /health-science-environment/2024-01-15/foster-kids-in-missouri-and-kansas-can-get-environmental-jobs-under-new-epa-program Foster youth are more likely to be unemployed, food insecure or homeless. They're the focus of an EPA grant program with a specific goal of training a workforce capable of cleaning up polluted brownfield sites — unused, polluted plots of land. Mon, 15 Jan 2024 11:00:00 GMT /health-science-environment/2024-01-15/foster-kids-in-missouri-and-kansas-can-get-environmental-jobs-under-new-epa-program Blaise Mesa /education/2021-10-12/black-educators-develop-mobile-app-to-make-finding-education-jobs-easier Black Males in Education St. Louis founders created EduOpenings, a platform to connect job seekers to education opportunities and employers in Missouri. Tue, 12 Oct 2021 10:50:00 GMT /education/2021-10-12/black-educators-develop-mobile-app-to-make-finding-education-jobs-easier Andrea Y. Henderson /economy-business/2020-09-29/coronavirus-concerns-move-college-job-fairs-online Scenes of college students and job recruiters crowding into huge rooms have become another tradition the coronavirus pandemic has moved onto a virtual space. Tue, 29 Sep 2020 10:21:31 GMT /economy-business/2020-09-29/coronavirus-concerns-move-college-job-fairs-online Jonathan Ahl /show/st-louis-on-the-air/2020-05-18/kind-of-nerve-wracking-next-steps-for-college-grads-entering-a-newly-challenging-job-market In a job market characterized by furloughs, layoffs and rescinded internship and job offers, this spring’s university graduates face challenges beyond… Mon, 18 May 2020 19:28:30 GMT /show/st-louis-on-the-air/2020-05-18/kind-of-nerve-wracking-next-steps-for-college-grads-entering-a-newly-challenging-job-market Evie Hemphill /show/st-louis-on-the-air/2019-01-09/making-it-work-what-the-side-hustle-is-like-in-st-louis Moonlighting, freelancing, working a second job, picking up a side hustle – all of these terms and cobbled-together career strategies have become common… Wed, 09 Jan 2019 22:58:52 GMT /show/st-louis-on-the-air/2019-01-09/making-it-work-what-the-side-hustle-is-like-in-st-louis Evie Hemphill /economy-business/2013-04-04/as-economic-recovery-churns-on-out-of-work-professionals-still-network-at-local-nonprofit This article first appeared in the St. Louis Beacon, April 4, 2013 - The topic was career transitions on this Tuesday morning in a conference room in… Fri, 05 Apr 2013 03:06:39 GMT /economy-business/2013-04-04/as-economic-recovery-churns-on-out-of-work-professionals-still-network-at-local-nonprofit Mary Delach Leonard /economy-business/2011-03-09/successful-job-hunt-means-returning-to-basics This article first appeared in the St. Louis Beacon, March 9, 2011 -This past fall, as her graduation from Saint Louis University loomed, Claire Bira… Thu, 10 Mar 2011 02:30:04 GMT /economy-business/2011-03-09/successful-job-hunt-means-returning-to-basics Erika Miller /health-science-environment/2010-06-18/while-some-ex-pfizer-scientists-turn-to-the-familiar-others-seek-something-new This article first appeared in the St. Louis Beacon, June 18, 2010 - After nearly 20 years as a research scientist in St. Louis, Gina Jerome is out of the… Fri, 18 Jun 2010 18:37:02 GMT /health-science-environment/2010-06-18/while-some-ex-pfizer-scientists-turn-to-the-familiar-others-seek-something-new Mary Delach Leonard /health-science-environment/2010-06-16/six-months-later-laid-off-pfizer-scientists-find-new-beginnings-in-and-out-of-the-lab This article first appeared in the St. Louis Beacon, June 16, 2010 - Six months after a "wave" of 600 laid-off research scientists began exiting the St.… Wed, 16 Jun 2010 18:37:02 GMT /health-science-environment/2010-06-16/six-months-later-laid-off-pfizer-scientists-find-new-beginnings-in-and-out-of-the-lab Mary Delach Leonard