Employment and Economic Trends
Jobs and Gender
I spend a lot of my time working on projects for the Office of Career and Technical Education at the Virginia Department of Education. CTE receives a significant portion of its funding from the federal government, and like all government…
Job Gains and Losses, 2007-2012
The Pew Center on the States recently published an interactive graphic on job gains and losses among the states. Using Bureau of Labor Statistics data, they examine annual percent changes (April to April) in the number of employed persons in…
Computers Really Are Taking Our Jobs
The last great recession began in December 2007 and officially ended in June 2009. But it doesn’t feel like it’s over. Even though productivity and in many cases corporate profits have rebounded, unemployment and underemployment remain high. We have seen…
Obama job approval and unemployment in Virginia
The latest Quinnipiac poll of Virginia’s registered voters shows President Obama making headway against the likely Republican nominee Mitt Romney. Forty-seven percent favor the President over Romney (43%) in a hypothetical match-up; a marked improvement since late last year when…