Month: June 2012

BLS Employment Situation Report: May 2012

Total employment in the U.S. grew by 69,000 positions in May and unemployment grew for the first time in more than a year from 8.1 to 8.2 percent as nearly half a million high school and college graduates entered the workforce. Revisions to April’s employment numbers showed that just 77,000 jobs were added that month, rather than the 115,000 first reported.