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title: "The Associated Press: TWO MEN AND A TRUCK Benefitting From Healthy U.S. Economy With Job Growth"
url: https://burnaze.com/article/5c73b4ae-82fa-499c-b2df-7d31be113191
source: "1851 Franchise"
original_url: https://1851franchise.com/twomenandatruck/the-associated-press-two-men-and-a-truck-benefitting-from-healthy-us-economy-with-job-growth-3860
category: "Moving & junk"
industry: "Home Services"
segment: "Moving & junk"
topics: ["Finance & M&A"]
published: 2016-03-07T15:10:26.000Z
modified: 2026-11-01T02:36:27.618Z
image: https://newimage.1851franchise.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=85,format=webp,width=1280,height=720/story/featureImage/119967d3c751d400ac70b68830c001677150160307100826.jpeg
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# The Associated Press: TWO MEN AND A TRUCK Benefitting From Healthy U.S. Economy With Job Growth

**TL;DR:** The U.S. economy is experiencing job growth with 242,000 jobs created in February, and TWO MEN AND A TRUCK is benefiting from this growth by hiring 1,000 workers across the country. The brand launched their Career Move Month initiative to put Americans to work.

*originally published in 1851 Franchise on 2016-03-07. [Read the original](https://1851franchise.com/twomenandatruck/the-associated-press-two-men-and-a-truck-benefitting-from-healthy-us-economy-with-job-growth-3860).*

## Story

The U.S. economy is healthy. That's the message from the recently released February jobs report, which the *Associated Press* reported showed 242,000 jobs created during the month while unemployment stayed at 4.9 percent.

The report was good news amidst doubts of a positive February, with a slumping manufacturing sector, stock dips, and a rising dollar adding to anxiety among those in the financial industry.

"Neither global headwinds, financial turbulence nor political uncertainty has dimmed American business' enthusiasm for hiring," Sal Guatieri, an economist at BMO Capital Markets, told the *AP*. "The solid jobs report should allay recession fears."

Retailers and restaurants, two big areas of the resilient franchise industry, helped drive the hiring numbers. Rapidly growing moving franchise, TWO MEN AND A TRUCK, is one of the companies that is helping put Americans to work. The brand launched their Career Move Month initiative to hire 1,000 workers across the country. "Really, the only thing that holds us back from growth is not having enough employees," Sara Bennett, human resources director for TWO MEN AND A TRUCK, told the *Associated Press*.

## Entities

- 1851 Franchise (publication)
- Home Services (sector)
- franchise industry (topic)
- job growth (topic)
- The Associated Press (company)
- us economy (topic)
- hiring initiative (topic)
- BMO Capital Markets (investor)

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Originally reported by 1851 Franchise (https://1851franchise.com/twomenandatruck/the-associated-press-two-men-and-a-truck-benefitting-from-healthy-us-economy-with-job-growth-3860). Summarized by Burnaze (https://burnaze.com/article/5c73b4ae-82fa-499c-b2df-7d31be113191).