Long-time Arizona senator and former Republican presidential candidate John McCain talks to Fox News about the misconception that the Republican’s have no job plan. The Senator mentions he would like to see a vote...
Archive - October 2011
Jobs that Work to Provide Green Energy are Up
While the job market remains a depressing let-down for the unemployed, those looking for jobs focused on green power production are in luck. A lot of businesses have started to focus their attention on green energy use...
Obama to Fight for Jobs Bill
Despite Senate Republicans blocking on his jobs bill, President Barack Obama said he isn’t taking no for an answer. Just one day after ‘The American Jobs Act’ was voted down, the president went on the...
Virginia Democratic Senator Mark Warner Hosts Online Forum
Virginia Democratic Senator Mark Warner is taking to social media to ask the online community how the economy can be boosted. He will be hosting an online forum where he will take questions from Twitter, Facebook...
Thousands March on D.C. for Jobs
Thousands of protesters have converged on the national mall in the shadow of the Washington Monument to hear various labor, education and civil rights leaders. Rev. Al Sharpton was among one of them in attendance. The...
sparkCast Episode 013
The official podcast of SparkHire.com. Covering news related to the job market, HR, startups, and more. The Job Market: John Boehner reacts to Jobs Bill Obama has backup plan if Congress rejects jobs bill Startups:...
The Skills Gap and The Unemployment Rate
CBS News’ Cynthia Bowers reports on the “skills gap” that’s leaving many American jobs unfilled. According to an industry survey recently released, manufacturers across the nation reported a...
Chicago protesters want to fund jobs bill with exchange tax
A coalition against economic inequality called Stand Up Chicago is planning a protest on Monday. They want to levy a $1.4 billion tax on trading at Chicago’s biggest financial exchanges to fund a jobs program. The...
Is the American Jobs Act a plan or campaign platform?
President Obama is demanding that congress pass his $447 billion jobs plan. He has threatened that if it is not passed, the American public will vote them out of office. The GOP dismisses the ‘public works’...
Is Obama’s President’s Council Really Qualified to Help?
In the beginning of the year in January, President Obama created the President’s Council to help address the jobs issue when the unemployment rate in this country dropped down to a staggering 9.0 percent. Today...
