Your Unemployment Guide
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The state added 1,360 jobs in the month of April, thereby increasing the number of employed people to 696,980. But it is true that New Hampshire’s unemployment rate has become double of what it was when the recession began in 2007.
For the second month in a row, New Hampshire’s jobless rate decreased in April. It [...]
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One would think that the addition of jobs has actually led to the slight fall in the unemployment rate of Texas. The state gained almost 32,500 jobs but the rate of unemployment slightly inched to 8.2 percent. In spite of this, more and more Texans have been joining the employed community.
There have been some new [...]
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Since the recession hit the state, this was the first time that the Maryland unemployment rate declined. This happened mainly because of the addition of jobs. The unemployment rate dipped to 7.5 percent last month from 7.7 percent. The businesses and agencies created 8,200 jobs. Hence an estimate of 36,000 jobs were gained.
Another positive sign [...]
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Kansas businesses, mainly construction, added 16,000 jobs in April. Out of eleven industries, eight of them have shown growth and that has been very encouraging for all the investors. The construction sector added 6,100 jobs after a long gap. Professional and business services added 4,200 jobs, with most of them coming from administrative and support [...]
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The unemployment rate of Colorado increased to 8% in April. This happened in spite of the addition of 9,600 jobs in the same month.
Don Mares, the executive director of state Department of Labor and Employment, said “ the state is now seeing thousands of formerly discouraged job seekers who had abandoned their job search renewing [...]
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The unemployment rate of Illinois declined slightly to 11.2 percent in April. The Government contributed to the job growth by adding jobs for the temporary Census 2010 positions.
“However, as jobs are created and people re-enter the workforce encouraged about their ability to find a job, the unemployment rate might fluctuate for several months before stabilizing,” [...]
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The Missouri unemployment rate dropped for the first time in this year. The statistics say that Missouri’s jobless rate was 9.4 percent in April, down from 9.5 percent in March but still higher than the 9.1 percent rate of April 2009. The state’s April rate was lower than the national rate of 9.9 percent, which [...]
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As per the data released by the South Carolina Department of Employment and Workforce, the unemployment rate of South Carolina has edged down from 12.2 percent to 11.6 percent. Currently, it is the sixth highest in the nation in terms of unemployment. This happened in spite of the labor force shrinking by 6,200 positions in [...]
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After the economic downfall, Utah has been showing some signs of improvement in the job sector. As per reports, Utah’s 0.9 employment contraction shows improvement compared to that of the previous month. There has been hiring in the sectors of temporary employment, retail trade and other sectors recently. The month-to-month figures have been increasing and [...]
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All of us know that the greatest effect of recession has been unemployment. There has been lot of depression and frustration due to this.
As the President Barack Obama will make a stop at Buffalo, NY, the economically hassled people are planning to welcome him with a billboard that says “Dear Mr.President, I need a freakin [...]
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