A strengthening labor market remains an engine for U.S. growth as the number of Americans filing for unemployment benefits dropped to the lowest since February, Labor Department data showed Aug. 17.

FedEx scheduled at least its fourth job fair of the year Aug. 12 to hire for 800 openings at its Memphis hub. The number of permanent, part-time jobs was the same as in June, down from 1,000 in April and up from 600 in January.

A June surge in U.S. job openings to a record indicates demand for workers remained strong at the end of the second quarter, a Labor Department report showed Aug 8

Trucking industry jobs rose by 400 in July as overall payrolls rose by 209,000, the Labor Department reported Aug. 4.

Hundreds of people showed up Aug. 2 for a chance to pack and ship products to Amazon customers, as the e-commerce company held a giant job fair at nearly a dozen U.S. warehouses.

The gain in hiring at companies in July, along with upward revisions to the prior month, is consistent with moderate growth in U.S. employment, according to data released Aug. 2 from the ADP Research Institute in Roseland, N.J.

An eight-month high in March job openings and a pickup in quits indicate the U.S. labor market continues to tighten, a Labor Department report showed.

Companies in November added the most workers to U.S. payrolls since June, data from the ADP Research Institute in Roseland, New Jersey, showed Nov. 30.

Companies took on 200,000 workers in March, adding to evidence of a firming labor market, according to a private-report based on payrolls.