You probably guessed that physicians are among the highest paid US workers, but did you know that food service ranks near the bottom? Cashiers, Ushers and Gaming Attendants help round out the list of the least paid workers.

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The monthly Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey, or JOLTS report showed there were 6.0 million job openings on the last day of business in April, an increase of 259,000 from March.

http://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-economy-idUSKBN18X1S7

U.S. nonfarm private sector employment increased jobs more than expected in May 2017.

https://www.adpemploymentreport.com/

Automakers, especially Ford and Retailers cut jobs in May

http://www.challengergray.com/tags/job-cut-report

Michael Kors said  it would close 100 to 125 full-price stores over the next two years “due to intense price competition from other retailers”.

http://www.newsday.com/business/michael-kors-to-close-more-than-100-retail-stores-1.13696100

The maker of Kit Kat chocolate bars and Nespresso coffee is adding 2900 jobs to four countries in Latin America:  Chile, Mexico, Peru and Colombia.

http://www.nbcnews.com/news/latino/nestle-create-2-900-jobs-latin-america-new-factories-n766596

Financial services company HSBC Bank USA will move about 400 jobs out of Delaware and close its New Castle County center by the end of 2018

http://www.delawareonline.com/story/money/business/2017/05/23/hsbc-move-450-jobs-close-new-castle-center-late-2018/339414001/

NPR: Trump Says Arms Deal He Signed With Saudi Arabia Will Create Jobs

Google CEO Sundar Pichai introduced Google for Jobs at the company’s annual I/O conference. Google for Jobs will recognize when a job search query is entered into Google Search and will return a set of open jobs that match the query.

“Google will find jobs by accessing job boards and staffing agencies and through partnerships with established employment-information resources such as Monster, LinkedIn, Facebook, CareerBuilder and Glassdoor. Pichai noted that Google has been piloting Google for Jobs with FedEx and Johnson & Johnson and the companies have seen an 18% increase in the number of applicants since they began the pilot program.”

https://www.forbes.com/sites/kevinmurnane/2017/05/18/google-is-trying-to-make-it-easier-to-find-jobs-at-all-levels/#7d602fbb4d38

“Ford said the cuts would amount to about 10 percent of a group of 15,000 managers and other non-production workers and would reduce labor costs for that segment by 10 percent”

http://www.reuters.com/article/us-ford-motor-jobs-idUSKCN18D1GN