unemployment

Ah, the good old days.  The days when you could expect a yearly performance review and a nice uptick in pay for a job well done.  The days when you got a nice bonus at the annual office Christmas party.  The Great Recession of 2008 ended all that...

We've all been there.  That murky, alternate universe of "between jobs."  You fine-tune your resume, scour the job-listing sites, prepare for interviews--anything to get your foot in the door.  It's even harder when most of the country continues to experience job growth, while Louisiana is losing jobs...

The Louisiana Workforce Commission announced Thursday that it was extending the application period in the 20 parishes that were part of the federal disaster declaration.

Washington is still working on making a deal to extend long-term unemployment benefits.  Senator David Vitter told 710 KEEL he doesn't mind extending it, but there needs to be a way to pay for it.

The struggle in Washington over whether to renew expired benefits for the long-term unemployed is as much about providing aid to 1.3 million out-of-work Americans as it is about drawing the first political line of an election year.

The jobs picture is looking slightly better in Shreveport-Bossier and across Louisiana compared to last month, but still not as well as compared to last year.

Unemployment is down in Louisiana and Texas, while the unemployment rate in Arkansas rose in October 2013.

U.S. employers added 204,000 jobs in October, an unexpected burst of hiring during a month in which the federal government was partially shut down for 16 days.

The number of people seeking U.S. unemployment benefits fell 9,000 to a seasonally adjusted 336,000 last week, bringing applications to pre-recession levels.

Applications for US unemployment benefits dropped 15,000 to a seasonally adjusted 358,000 last week, though the figure was distorted for the second straight week by California's efforts to clear backlogged claims.