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Hiring & Community Event with NCWorks in Asheboro, NC

In search of your next great job opportunity? Graham Personnel Services (GPS) will be at the NCWorks Hiring & Community Event on Tuesday, October 25th! Come out and learn about our open light industrial roles in Asheboro, NC. Tuesday, October 25th 2:00 – 6:00 pm NCWorks Career Center, 600 South Fayetteville Street, Asheboro, NC 27203 – Google Maps  Come dressed to impress with an updated

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Job Seekers

Job Fair in Asheboro Hosted by GPS on September 29

Looking for a new job in Asheboro or the surrounding area? Graham Personnel Services (GPS) is hosting a job fair on Thursday, September 29th! Come talk to our Asheboro Team to learn about the many openings we are hiring for immediately. Thursday, September 29th from 11:00 am – 3:00 pm Graham Personnel Services – Asheboro Office 1510 E Dixie Dr, Suite J, Asheboro, NC 27203

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Employers

Lack of US Workers Is ‘Bigger Threat’ Than Inflation

By Akayla Gardner Bloomberg.com (09/06/22) Labor Secretary Marty Walsh said the US will eventually need to overhaul the nation’s immigration system, calling the lack of available workers to fill jobs a “bigger threat” to the economy than inflation. “We don’t have enough workers in the United States of America to fill all the job openings that are out there,” Walsh said Tuesday in an interview

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Employers

US Adds 315,000 Total Jobs in August While the Number of Temp Jobs Rises by 11,600

Staffing Industry Analysts (09/02/22) Total employment in the US rose by 315,000 jobs in August from July, a smaller gain than the 526,000 jobs added in July (as revised), the US Bureau of Labor Statistics reported. Temp jobs, meanwhile, rose by 11,600 in August — a bigger increase than the 8,500 added in July. Year over year, the number of temp jobs in August was

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Employers

Economic Outlook Weakens

Economic Outlook Weakens As Philadelphia Fed Lowers Its GDP Estimate for the Year Staffing Industry Analysts (08/12/2022) The US economy looks weaker than it did in May, according to the Philadelphia Federal Reserve’s Survey of Professional Forecasters. US real GDP is projected to grow at 1.4% in the current quarter, down from 2.5% in the previous forecast. Forecasters lowered their growth expectations for the next

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Employers

July Jobs Report Reveals Lowest Unemployment Rate in 50 Years

NAFCU (08/08/2022) The Bureau of Labor Statistics issued the July Jobs Report on Friday, which revealed that the unemployment rate dropped to 3.5 percent in July, a fifty-year low. NAFCU Chief Economist and Vice President of Research Curt Long analyzed the report in a new NAFCU Macro Data Flash report. “The July jobs report was a summer scorcher, and will likely be seen as uncomfortably warm for policy makers focused on

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