USA Today: Men grab most new jobs, even in retailing

Men grab most new jobs, even in retailing

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Published: Wed. Dec 31, 1969 at 7:00 pm | Updated: Wed. Jan 4, 2012 at 10:56 am | Comments: 0

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USA Today: Men grab most new jobs, even in retailing

Men are claiming more than two-thirds of the private-sector jobs created as the economy recovers, reversing a long-running trend that came within a whisker of giving the USA its first-ever majority-female workforce.In a wrinkle that puzzles economists, one important driver of the trend is that hundreds of thousands of men are showing up in retailing, once considered a source of jobs for women.

Nearly 1.28 million men gained jobs in the 12 months that ended in November, compared with 600,000 women, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS).

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