My conversation with my good colleague Jim McTague from Lancaster County in Pennsylvania about jobs.

Jim reports that the jobs market for young graduates is very good in Pennsylvania,

and Philadelphia to Lancaster County.

Nor does he see any signs of stress about jobs in the county.

Nor is there any reason to believe

that there are not more jobs available, especially for trained nurses' health care?

There are inconsistencies, but the report from St. Joseph's College is extremely positive

in an economy that is now being rocked by the war in the Middle East and the

price of gasoline and the concern about inflation. Here's Jim to explain. Jobs, jobs, jobs,

Pennsylvania. Now, Pennsylvania has something called warn. If a company is going to layoff people,

it has to give a 90-day warning, nothing in this county,

you know, some layoffs in other counties.

I went to St. Joseph's University in Philadelphia, and I was talking to some of their development

people this week.

And, you know, St. Joe's graduates pretty much stick to Pennsylvania.

They told me they have something like 98% of the graduates are finding jobs right away or going to

graduate school. So that tells me that hiring is still pretty robust.

Hershey has a, the Milton S. Hershey School has a big job fair this week.

So, so, so that's robust.

However, I've been talking to people who work in care facilities, you know, for the elderly.

And our hours have been cut back.

So it's perplexing, you know, as to what's really happening in the economy.

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