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selectusa 2024 investment summit | SelectUSA Support

US Dept of Commerce, Labor, and Education Expand SelectTalentUSA Partnership to New International Markets, Increasing Quality Jobs and Apprenticeships Through FDI

Joint initiative strengthens federal workforce technical assistance to foreign multinational businesses in Japan, South Korea, and Taiwan starting or expanding U.S. operations Today, the U.S. Department of Commerce announced a market expansion of SelectTalentUSA, a joint initiative across the U.S. Departments of Commerce, Labor, and Education providing technical assistance to foreign businesses to deliver recruitment…

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Updated Federal Grant Guidance Will Help Create Good Jobs

Updated Federal Grant Guidance Will Help Create Good Jobs

  Recently, the Biden-Harris administration issued important updates to the Office of Management and Budget’s Guidance for Federal Financial Assistance, also known as the “Uniform Grants Guidance,” which sets parameters for how states and localities, and others, can spend federal money and award it to private entities. These updates streamline and clarify requirements that will give…

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U.S. Volunteerism Rebounding After COVID-19 Pandemic

U.S. Volunteerism Rebounding After COVID-19 Pandemic

Over 75.7 million or 28.3% of the U.S. population age 16 and up formally volunteered through an organization between September 2022 and September 2023, approaching a return to pre-pandemic levels of volunteerism, according to joint research by the U.S. Census Bureau and AmeriCorps. National rates of several other types of civic engagement similarly bounced back during that…

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Morristown Medical Center | Atlantic Health

Two Atlantic Health System Hospitals Rank in Top Five in New Jersey by U.S. News & World Report

Morristown Medical Center Orthopedics Top in New Jersey Morristown, NJ, July 16, 2024. – Atlantic Health System announced today that two of its hospitals, Morristown Medical Center and Overlook Medical Center, have been ranked in the top five in New Jersey, by U.S. News & World Report in its 2024-2025 Best Hospital rankings. These rankings topped off dozens of honors bestowed…

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NJ Unemployment Creeps Upward to 4.8% as Hiring Slows

NJ Unemployment Creeps Upward to 4.8% As Hiring Slows

New Jersey lost 4,400 nonfarm jobs between July and August, and the unemployment rate ticked up by a tenth of a percentage point to 4.8%, according to federal data released Thursday by the state Department of Labor & Workforce Development.  Revised employment estimates for July saw a downward revision of 11,500 compared to the preliminary…

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NJ State Minimum Wage Increases with New Year

NJ State Minimum Wage Increases with New Year

NEW JERSEY – The new year brought in a new minimum wage for hundreds of thousands of New Jersey workers. Under state law, the statewide minimum wage increased on January 1, 2025, by $0.36 to be set at $15.49 per hour for most employees. According to state lawmakers, the minimum wage increase will impact more than 350,00 New…

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