Lookin' Good! Labor Department Releases Strong Jobs Data
As we head into the holiday weekend, there’s good new to report as per the Department of Labor.
In June, employers added 288,000 jobs and the unemployment rate dropped to 6.1 percent. Can we get a woo-hoo? In addition, the number of jobs created in May was boosted to 224,000 from the original number of 217,000.
Let’s keep in mind 2014 got off to a very slow start thanks to an abysmal winter — in turn, frigid temps and horrid conditions ultimately froze hiring.
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