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What You Need to Know About the State of Urban Jobs!

NUL’s State of Urban Jobs site at iamempowered.com gives you everything you need to know about jobs including the monthly employment report with stats for Blacks, Whites and Latinos, the National Urban League’s position on employment and job creation policy, the facts about how investing in job creation is the best strategy for reducing the deficit, as well as resume writing tips and job listings. Click here to view and stay abreast of the latest developments.

Highlights of the National Urban League's August 2011 Employment Report

Last Friday, the Bureau of Labor Statistics reported that in August 2011, the economy experienced zero net total job growth as the meager 17,000 jobs added in the private sector were totally offset by losses in the government sector. This left the overall unemployment rate unchanged at 9.1% while the black unemployment rate rose to 16.7% (from 15.9%).  As fears of a double dip recession become more and more real, President Obama prepares to unveil his plan for creating jobs this Thursday, September 8.
 
Join us Friday, September 9, 2011 from 2-3pm EST for a live online chat hosted by Dr. Valerie Rawlston Wilson, economist at the National Urban League, to discuss President Obama’s Jobs Plan and the August employment statistics.

(Click Here to Download the National Urban League's August 2011 Employment Report)

Dr. Valerie Rawlston Wilson is an economist and Vice President of Research at the National Urban League Policy Institute where she is responsible for planning and directing the Policy Institute’s Research Agenda. She is one of the primary architects of the National Urban League’s Plan for Putting Americans Back to Work, a bold 6-point job creation plan for urban America. Dr. Wilson has served as Managing Editor and Associate Editor of The State of Black America report and is staff director and ex-officio member of the National Urban League President’s Council of Economic Advisors, designed to assist the League in shaping national economic policy. Her fields of specialization include labor economics, economics of higher education, poverty and racial inequality. Dr. Wilson earned a PhD in economics from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

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NUL’s State of Urban Jobs site at iamempowered.com gives you everything you need to know about jobs including the monthly employment report with stats for Blacks, Whites and Latinos, the National Urban League’s response to the current crisis, the facts about how investing in job creation is the best strategy for reducing the deficit, as well as resume writing tips and job listings.

The project was launched in 2010 by Iamempowered.com and the National Urban League’s Policy Institute, to bring the Institute’s esteemed research, policy analysis and publications online. Through such activities as the annual Legislative Policy Conference and the publication of The State of Black America the Policy Institute provides a foundation from which to advocate on behalf of African Americans and urban communities. The Institute’s extensive collection of reports, fact sheets and publications is made available in one location for scholars, policy analysts, policymakers and advocacy groups, along with tools and information for entrepreneurs, job seekers, and those seeking information on the emerging green economy.