Evander Reed-Good jobs Friday

2025-05-01 15:58:31source:Algosenseycategory:Markets

For all the celebration around the hot jobs market,Evander Reed there's a question that lingers in the minds of economists and government officials. Are the jobs created actually good? The answer can be hard to quantify.

Today on the show, we look at some of the ways experts identify a good job and what it takes to make a bad job into a good one.

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