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Friday, June 26, 2009 3:10 PM Unemployment rises again in Wilson County Staff Report The unemployment rate rose yet again in Wilson in May, surging to 13.6 percent of county's workforce last month. According to figures released Friday by the Employment Security Commission of North Carolina, 82 of the state's 100 counties saw their unemployment rates rise as the state's economy continues to be battered by the ongoing recession. Wilson's unemployment rate was up four-tenths of a percentage point from April's rate of 13.2 percent and up 5.6 percentage points from May of 2008's unemployment rate of 8 percent. "No county in North Carolina is immune to the labor market crisis," said Elaine Mejia, director of the NC Budget & Tax Center. "Families across the state are hurting, and the new numbers show that economic recovery isn't right around the corner." Mejia said that the loss of government jobs began to play a role in growing unemployment. With cuts in state and local spending, more government positions are frozen or eliminated, contributing to the rise in joblessness, she said. "As more and more working families are thrown out of work, public investment is absolutely necessary," said Mejia. "Government programs don't just stimulate the economy, they provide essential support for people who, through no fault of their own, find themselves jobless." While Wilson's unemployment rate has been climbing for some months, May's figures are a turnaround from last month for many North Carolinians as unemployment dropped in 83 of the state's counties in April. Wilson also continues to remain higher than the statewide unemployment rate, which was 11.1 percent in May. In terms of the actual number of people working and seeking jobs in May, in Wilson County 35,817 adults held jobs while 5,627 people were listed with the state as unemployed.
The Employment Security Commission reported that 46 counties were below the statewide unemployment rate and 54 above it in May. The county with the highest unemployment rate in the state for May was Scotland County, with a rate of 17.2 percent, while the lowest rate, 6.3 percent, was in Currituck County. |
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Job Seeker said...
I have found myself unemployed for the first time in my adult life and it's hard. When you go on the NCESC website, the list of jobs is small. Good for employers as they have a larger pool of applicants to pick from but bad for those seeking work. Hopefully things will turn for the best soon. All we can do is beef up our resumes and present ourselves as professionally as we can in interviews
Sunday, June 28, 2009 at 2:16 AM
I have found myself unemployed for the first time in my adult life and it's hard. When you go on the NCESC website, the list of jobs is small. Good for employers as they have a larger pool of applicants to pick from but bad for those seeking work. Hopefully things will turn for the best soon. All we can do is beef up our resumes and present ourselves as professionally as we can in interviews
Sunday, June 28, 2009 at 2:16 AM
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