Manufacturing helps boost jobs picture.Byline: SHERRI BURI BURI Bastyr University Research Institute (Washington) McDONALD The Register-Guard The dark days of 8 percent unemployment that Lane County endured earlier this year are fading. The jobs picture brightened in May, in part because of a boost in manufacturing, according to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. figures released Thursday by the Oregon Employment Department. The county's jobless rate was 6.1 percent in May, down from 6.8 percent in April. The decrease is largely due to a normal, predictable annual pattern, as warm weather returns and hiring picks up for outdoor-related jobs, such as construction. May's rate was just a tad below the 6.2 percent rate recorded the previous May. The number of unemployed people Noun 1. unemployed people - people who are involuntarily out of work (considered as a group); "the long-term unemployed need assistance" unemployed plural, plural form - the form of a word that is used to denote more than one is down by 1,343 from April and down by 234 from last May, for a total of 10,071. Total nonagricultural jobs stood at 143,500 in May, up half a percentage point from a year earlier. During the gloom of late last year and early this year, the county's total jobs count was declining from a year earlier. Lane County's jobless rate continues to hover An option in Microsoft Internet Explorer that removes the permanent underline from hypertext links. The underline displays automatically and only when the cursor is placed over (hovers over) the link. Hover is available in Tools/Internet Options/Advanced/Underline links. above the national rate of 5.5 percent, but is below the state's overall rate of 6.8 percent, said Brian Rooney Brian Rooney (c. 1970) is a construction worker who is a suspect (and currently the only suspect), in the abduction and murder of 21-year-old college student Michelle Gardner-Quinn, a senior from the University of Vermont, located in Burlington, Vermont. , regional economist with the employment department. Manufacturing in Lane County rebounded in May, with an increase of 200 in a broad category that includes local recreational vehicle makers, which are boosting their job rolls. Also, wood products manufacturers added 100 jobs, for a total of 7,300 jobs. Construction gained 200 jobs in May, for a total of 6,300. Retail trade rose by 100 jobs, for a total of 29,100 workers. Within the retail category, a 200-job spike in hiring by restaurants was countered by a loss of 100 jobs at stores selling general merchandise and apparel. Business and professional services (job) professional services - A department of a supplier providing consultancy and programming manpower for the supplier's products. , a category that covers temporary workers and many local call centers, showed a 100-job gain, for a total of 10,800 jobs. Heading into the summer, many education-related workers will be off for vacation and many students will be looking for Looking for In the context of general equities, this describing a buy interest in which a dealer is asked to offer stock, often involving a capital commitment. Antithesis of in touch with. jobs, putting upward pressure on the jobless rate, Rooney said. |
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