employment

One might think that nurses, and teachers, would be amongst the top in-demand careers needed in Washington but the Employment Security Department begs to differ.

The key to driving down the unemployment numbers is to reopen the local economy.

The Dollar Tree store in Yakima at 703 W. Nob Hill Blvd. is holding a job fair today with positions being filled immediately.

The figures released Wednesday also show the city of Yakima’s unemployment rate for last month was 6.4 percent, the city’s second-lowest rate ever for the month of December.

The Yakima Chamber of Commerce is hosting a free Veterans and Community Job Fair at the Yakima Convention Center.

Safe Yakima Valley is putting on a job fair this Monday in Yakima aimed at high school students. Their goal is to place 100 kids with part-time jobs over the summer.

Yakima has the state's fastest-growing economy

**A void created when the U.S. pulled out of the Trans-Pacific Partnership has lawmakers pushing the Trump administration for clues to how the U.S. will increase Pacific Rim trade without the massive trade pact. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer assured members of the House Ways and Means Committee last week the U...

SEATTLE (AP) — A Seattle nonprofit that converts unused buildings into temporary shelters for women, children and families who are homeless will have a permanent home at Amazon's new headquarters building. Mary's Place said in a news release Wednesday that Amazon will donate over 47,000 square feet of space in the downtown building for what will be called Mary's Place Family Shelter...

ADP, a company that touts themselves as "a comprehensive global provider of cloud-based Human Capital Management (HCM) solutions" has put out their quarterly "Workforce Vitality Index" which measure indicators like Total Employment Growth, Job Turnover Ratio, Change In Hours Worked, Wage Growth for the who stay in the same job and Wage Growth for those who change jobs and once