U.S. stocks score gains on strong jobs data: "The government said the number of workers on U.S. payrolls outside the farm sector grew by 57,000 last month, the first time since January that jobs were created and sharply contrary to Wall Street economists' forecasts for a 30,000-job loss. The unemployment rate was unchanged at 6.1 percent.
Monster Worldwide Inc. (NasdaqNM:MNST - News), which operates a career Web site, jumped $2.87, or 11.1 percent, to $28.76. Robert Half International (NYSE:RHI - News), a staffing company, rallied $2.31, or 11.9 percent, to $21.79."

 
Is the Job Drain China's Fault?: "Is the Job Drain China's Fault?
Friday October 3, 8:18 am ET
By Rich Miller in Washington and Pete Engardio in New York, with Dexter Roberts in Beijing, Michael Arndt in Chicago, and bureau reports
China bashing is all the rage. With millions of manufacturing jobs evaporating from the U.S. while China's trade surplus soars, politicians of all stripes are under pressure to show the folks back home that they're doing something, anything, to stem the losses. The swelling federal budget gap means that further stimulative tax cuts are out of the question. So many politicians, manufacturers, and labor representatives have pounced on China, accusing it of keeping its currency artificially low to boost exports and snatch jobs from American workers. "

 
Business 2.0 - Magazine Article - Printable Version - The Coming Job Boom

Forget those grim unemployment numbers. Demographic forces are about to put a squeeze on the labor supply that will make it feel like 1999 all over again.
By Paul Kaihla, September 2003 Issue

Judy Reed is a buyer in a buyer's market, and frankly, that has its advantages. The vice president for human resources at Stratus Technologies, a Maynard, Mass., maker of high-reliability servers, Reed never lacks for attention at parties and dinners in this employment-starved economy. When she does post a job, she gets four times the volume of responses she got three years ago, and some job seekers even follow up with Christmas cards. If she wanted to, she could fill every opening at a salary 15 percent below the going rate -- as, in fact, many of her competitors do.

 
USPS to add 700 Arizona workers for holiday rush - 2003-09-29 - The Business Journal of Phoenix: "USPS to add 700 Arizona workers for holiday rush
Mike Sunnucks
The Business Journal
The U.S. Postal Service plans on hiring 700 seasonal workers in Arizona for the Christmas rush. The bulk of those jobs -- between 600 and 650 -- will be based in the Phoenix area, said USPS spokesman Alan Wald.

 
Bush Wants to Create More Jobs, but How?

Bush Wants to Create More Jobs, but How?
By DAVID E. ROSENBAUM

Published: September 28, 2003

ASHINGTON — Republican senators returned from their summer recess after Labor Day to find a memo in their in-baskets from Senator Rick Santorum of Pennsylvania, who holds the No. 3 spot in their leadership. "The top issue continues to be the economy/jobs," he wrote. "Let me repeat that. The top issue continues to be the economy/jobs."

 
Jobs are a thing of the past here in America: "To be honest, I don't see what these piano players or steel workers or software engineers are complaining about in the first place. Who likes to work? It's a huge drain on personal time and just makes you all around cranky."