The focus was on music, and "whoever did the best job rose to the top."

Well, the big picture looks like this: Both the number of "good jobs" and the pay that goes with those jobs are steadily rising.

For the second consecutive month, part-time jobs rose significantly even as full-time employment dropped.

Those jobs rose by 107,000 in the month; most estimates had been in the 200,000 range.

"A person's job should rise and fall based on the performance of a school."

But jobs for people with college degrees are rising at a rate of more than 2 percent a year.

But these low-level jobs start at $13,338 annually and rise over three years to $23,530, or $11.30 an hour.

But in Florida, jobs in the construction industry alone rose 9.2 percent.

The department also said that nonfarm jobs rose by 138,000 last month.

Her first job was at Mademoiselle in 1950 as a secretary, rising through the ranks to become fashion editor there from 1970 to 1980.