- North Carolina Employers Struggle to Find Workers Despite High Unemployment
- Federal Benefits Extension Stirs Mixed Feelings Among North Carolina Workers
- North Carolina’s Division of Employment Security Announces an Extension of EUC and Extended Benefits
- Cuts to North Carolina’s Education Budget Could Increase Unemployment Rate
- North Carolina’s Unemployed Are Finding Their Entrepreneurial Side
North Carolina's healthcare industry has a lack of trained medical workers.
North Carolina’s unemployment rate of 9.5 percent makes unemployment a top priority for most workers and, by extension, politicians. However, the latest budget cuts to education may only aggravate the problem.
Despite the high unemployment rate in North Carolina, 830,000 jobs in North Carolina may be vacant, according to a report by the Georgetown University Center on Education and the Workforce.
How can there be 830,000 job openings in a state with an unemployment rate of 9.5 percent? According to the report, the combination of baby boomers retiring and a shortage of trained workers is to blame.
Many NC unemployed workers are finding that training in a new career was the missing piece in ther job search efforts.
North Carolina is full of talented and hard working residents, many of whom have found themselves out of work in recent years. If this has been the case with you, perhaps you’re thinking about branching out on your own, and letting your skills or hobbies potentially flourish into a self made business. Congratulations on thinking outside of the box! If you have been the go to person for party cakes and cookies in the neighborhood, or the guy who can always figure out what’s wrong with Aunt Mary’s car, then maybe it really is time for you to extend your skills for the benefit of the rest of the community.
NC JobLink Career Centers
06/10/08
NC JobLink Career Centers
The NC JobLink Career Centers offer a wide choice of employment and training options that will provide help to job seekers, who are hoping to find a new or better job.
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You can use the NC Joblink services to find local jobs in the North Carolina workforce. Using a series of State development professionals who are from diverse partner agencies, they act together to provide some really great Job services. The NC JobLink Career Centers also provide businesses with information on how to tap the wide variety of skilled people in North Carolina looking for work.