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Although employers are expected to continue hiring in June, the pace is expect to slow for the fifth time in the last six months as opposed to the same month in 2011, according to a report from the Society for Human Resource Management.

A private survey shows U.S. businesses boosted hiring in May modestly, a sign that the job market is recovering only slowly.

The number of Americans seeking unemployment benefits rose last week to a five-week high, evidence that the job market remains sluggish.

Less than 40 percent of employers agree that veterans or those with prior military experience are prepared for a career transition out of the military, according to a new survey from Monster.com.

Revenue and staffing are both growing at small businesses but have yet to get back to pre-recession levels, according to data released by business software provider Intuit Inc. on Wednesday.

Industrial employment in Alaska grew by 1.8 percent as it gained 634 industrial jobs between April 2011 and April 2012, according to the 2012 Alaska Manufacturers Directory, an industrial directory published annually by Manufacturers' News Inc. in Evanston, Ill.