Longer-term trends show a decline in youth summer employment, but a Raleigh ice-cream chain is bucking the odds.
Meta employees on Monday will find out if they are being laid off as part of a new round of performance-based job cuts.
U.S. hiring surged in September, blowing past economist expectations and rebuking concern about weakness in the labor market.
Meanwhile, the national unemployment rate decreased by 0.1 percentage point to 4.2 from last month.
There's also reported growth in trade and transportation, and government.
The unemployment rate fell to 3.4% from 3.5%, hitting a level not seen since before Neil Armstrong stepped on the moon.