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Can the Facebook economy help Americans find jobs?

Facebook and the U.S. Department of Labor are teaming up to help unemployed Americans find work via social networks.

The new effort, announced Thursday in Washington, D.C and live streamed on Facebook, is called the "Social Jobs Partnership." A video of the event can be found here. Also joining the effort is a coalition of employment service non-profits: the National Association of Colleges and Employers (NACE), DirectEmployers Association (DE), and the National Association of State Workforce Agencies (NASWA).

As part of the initiative, there's a new Facebook page aimed at job seekers and employers. Eventually, … Read more

Wireless jobs decline even as industry booms

While demand for wireless devices is growing, wireless-industry workers have seen the number of available jobs nosedive, reports yesterday's Wall Street Journal (subscription required).

Citing stats from earlier this month from the U.S. Department of Labor, the Journal noted that jobs at wireless carriers in the U.S. sunk to a 12-year low of 166,600, around 20,000 fewer than when the recession officially ended two years ago. At the same time, the wireless companies themselves have seen their collective sales grow by 28 percent since 2006.

Despite the huge sales growth and healthy demand for products, … Read more