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Grand Rapids makes list of top 10 markets to find a job
Employment in Grand Rapids is up — and we're not talking jobs filling sandbags.
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Grand Rapids market unemployment rate holds at 6.6 percent
LANSING — Michigan says that job gains in the populous southeastern corner of the state have driven down the seasonally unadjusted unemployment rate.
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Grand Rapids unemployment rate inches up .3 percent
LANSING — Michigan says the state's seasonally unadjusted unemployment rate rose statewide and is up in all 17 major job markets, mainly because of the usual winter downturn.
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Metro Grand Rapids construction jobs dip 2 percent
Construction employment rose in January from the previous January in 145 of the nation’s 339 metropolitan areas. And in some of these districts, concerns are being raised about where companies will find the skilled workers to fill the projected openings to keep the trend going.
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State unemployment rate holds at 8.9 percent
LANSING — The state says Michigan's seasonally adjusted unemployment rate has remained unchanged at 8.9 percent in the latest month, as both the number of people working and the size of the labor force rose slightly.
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Grand Rapids market sees unemployment dip to 5.4 percent
LANSING — Unemployment figures have dropped for the majority of Michigan's regional labor markets, but have risen Up North.
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State unemployment rate moves downward to 8.9 percent
LANSING — State officials say Michigan's seasonally adjusted unemployment rate for November fell 0.2 percentage points to 8.9 percent.
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Michigan jobless rate drops to 9.1 percent
LANSING –– Authorities say Michigan's seasonally adjusted unemployment rate fell 0.2 percentage points in the latest month to 9.1 percent.
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Free social media training to help returning military veterans
Huntington Bank enabled Paul Doyle’s Profitecture.com to stay afloat.
More than 250,000 members of the U.S. Armed Forces complete their service each year and re-enter the civilian work force — and statistics show that re-entry isn’t easy. In 2011, the average unemployment rate for veterans age 18 to 24 was almost 30 percent.
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State touts decreased unemployment
Good news: Unemployment is slimming down and jobs are beefing up for the Mitten State. Michigan’s seasonally adjusted unemployment rate in September “edged down over the month by one-tenth of a percentage point to 9.3 percent,” according a report released this month by the Michigan Department of Technology, Management & Budget.
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