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From @pressherald: "Carolyn Beem, the spokeswoman for L.L. Bean, said the layoffs will occur across the company at all levels and will impact about 130 full- and part-time employees in Maine." https://t.co/CmJAnjW8M3

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From @OnlineSentinel: "Hobby Lobby, a family-owned craft and home decor business that says it looks to the Bible for guidance, expects to open store in early March at Elm Plaza off Main Street, bringing 35 to 50 jobs to the city." https://t.co/fghkkTpXvM

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"It is expected to help students re-enter their field in the United States while also benefiting financial institutions." https://t.co/gS41fWIE1M

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#Breaking from @PressHerald: https://t.co/o4OufTHkKJ

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From @pressherald: "December’s unemployment rate of 2.9 percent caps four years of historically low Maine jobless rates." https://t.co/E1EQKHpe4j

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From @OnlineSentinel: “If you go into some of our poor rural school systems, a really high percentage of kids will tell you they’re not going to graduate from high school because there’s no place for them.” https://t.co/SZYhWy64bJ

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From @sunjournal: https://t.co/7MeryxdzEc

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From Friday's jobs report: "The job market remains strong at the start of 2020 even if hiring and wage gains have slowed somewhat more than a decade into an economic expansion. Annual wage growth fell in December to 2.9 percent." https://t.co/NHs1RPonbJ

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From @MidcoastNews: "To help win contracts, BIW is undergoing a hiring push. The shipyard currently employs 6,700 and is planning to hire an additional 1,000 workers next year, then add another 600 to 800 workers in 2021." https://t.co/NiwX02UA5w

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From @PressHerald: Private sector jobs are up 5,300 over last year with the greatest gains in leisure and hospitality, retail, manufacturing and construction. State jobs accounted for 15.8 percent of all jobs, the lowest rate on record. https://t.co/qSygkFKXIT

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[An economics scholar] said state policies need to focus on maintaining public services, along with critical businesses, such as banks and real estate firms, in smaller communities around the state.
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Reminder: Starting Jan. 1, Maine's minimum wage will be $12/hr. Federal rules on overtime eligibility also become effective that day, raising the federal minimum salary for exemption from overtime eligibility nearly $12,000. https://t.co/cxChwY7Epe

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From @EllsAmerican: "To no surprise, the news is not good for shrimp fishermen, or for Northern shrimp." https://t.co/HPeHHImPeL

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Paid Internship of the Day: Dowe Public Media Internship @MainePublic for college students in any year with a connection to Maine. Students will have the opportunity to learn from and be mentored by some of the public broadcasting industry’s finest.
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The unemployment rate declined to 3.5% from 3.6% in October, matching a half-century low, the Labor Department reported Friday. And wages rose a solid 3.1% in November compared with a year earlier.
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Job of the Day: Working at @hancocklumber. With competitive pay, an outstanding work environment and excellent benefits, they offer jobs across retailing and manufacturing, sales, logistics and more. https://t.co/AuV2H6hDmk

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From @PressHerald: "The purchase of Raleigh-based Carolinas IT, which has 75 employees, is Logically’s fourth acquisition. The transaction will create a total workforce of 225 employees, including 75 in Portland." https://t.co/WlRPyTeHNY

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Are you coming to the MaineJobs Career Fair on Sept. 25? 50+ employers will be there along with a photographer to take your new professional portrait and seminars on interviewing and improving your resume. All free and open to anyone. https://t.co/2sik4bhvQT

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Eight #pedestrians injured after driver may have ‘deliberately’ hit them, police say https://t.co/yzOXrAtuO7

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Job of the Day: Teacher Aide. Work full-time, year-round with infants and toddlers at Educare with Kennebec Valley Community Action Program (Waterville). https://t.co/SCPb31vEJv