Jobless rate continues slow decline
Randy Tucker Report: Job openings fall by 3,400 in 1 month Ohio’s unemployment rate edged down for the ninth consecutive month in April, dropping to 7.4 percent from 7.5 percent in March as the number of unemployed workers continued to decline, the Ohio Department of Job and Family Services reported Friday. The number of unemployed […]
More mixed signals for Ohio’s job market in April
For immediate releaseContact: Hannah Halbert, 614 221.4505Download press release Full report Data from two separate surveys released by the Ohio Department of Job and Family Services (ODJFS) today continue to portray a mixed picture of Ohio’s economy. The state’s unemployment rate continued to fall in April, landing at 7.4 percent according to seasonally adjusted data […]
More mixed signals for Ohio’s job market in April
“Though the short-term picture remains cloudy, Ohio jobs will need to grow much faster to recover from the losses of the last two recessions.” Hannah Halbert, workforce researcher Press releaseJob Watch May 2012 Data from two separate surveys released by the Ohio Department of Job and Family Services (ODJFS) today continue to portray a mixed […]
Ohio jobs data sends mixed messages for March
For immediate release Contact: Hannah Halbert, 614.221.4505 Full report Data from two separate surveys released by the Ohio Department of Job and Family Services (ODJFS) today reveal a mixed message on the state economy. Ohio’s unemployment rate fell slightly in March to land at 7.5 percent according to data released from ODJFS’s survey of households […]
Ohio jobs data sends mixed messages for March
“We need increased investment to restore our communities and grow good jobs. Recovery continues to be too slow; we need sustained job growth to get Ohio working again.” Hannah Halbert, Policy Liaison Job Watch April 2012Press release Data from two separate surveys released by the Ohio Department of Job and Family Services (ODJFS) today reveal […]
Ohio showing improvement but we’ve a long way to go to recovery
For immediate release Contact: Hannah Halbert, 614.221.4505 Full report In February 2012, Ohio’s unemployment stood at 7.6%, falling 0.1 points from January’s numbers. As in January, most of this month’s improvement comes from employment gains rather than a dwindling labor force. This is good news for the state, as virtually all of the decline in […]
Ohio showing improvement, but we’ve a long way to go to recovery
“In the mid-nineties, adding 100,000 jobs annually became commonplace. This month’s jobs report is good news, but we still need more, sustained job growth to speed Ohio’s recovery.” Hannah Halbert, policy liaison with Policy Matters Ohio Download PDFPress release Ohio’s unemployment rate fell slightly in February to land at 7.6 percent. The last time the […]
Welcome job news, but sustained growth is needed
For immediate release Contact: Hannah Halbert, 614.221.4505 Full report In January 2012, Ohio’s unemployment stood at 7.7 percent, falling 0.2 points from December’s revised 7.9 percent (previously released as 8.1 percent). Most of this month’s improvement comes from employment gains rather than a dwindling labor force. Over the past year, while the number of unemployed […]
Continued declines in the labor force, minimal job growth undercut unemployment rate good news
For immediate release Contact Hannah Halbert, 614.221.4505 Full report The unemployment rate in Ohio continues to drop, falling from 8.5 to 8.1 percent in December 2011. However, data released today by the Ohio Department of Job and Family Services (ODJFS) from its separate survey of employers for December 2011 suggests that falling labor force […]
Where are the jobs? Continued declines in the labor force, minimal job growth undercut unemployment rate good news
“While a falling unemployment rate is welcome news, we need sustained, major employment growth. Unfortunately, today’s data parallels November’s labor force decline and that is not good news for Ohio. Investment in our economy has been too small, and recovery has been too slow. We see the consequences of austerity playing out in our labor […]
Nothing to crow about: Dramatic drop in labor force, minimal job growth undercut good news about unemployment rate
“A shrinking labor force is not good news for Ohio. The data released today suggest that more Ohioans are becoming discouraged, the pace of recovery is simply too slow, and the modest gains that are being made are not being felt broadly in our economy.” ??” Hannah Halbert, Policy Matters Ohio In what would at […]
JobWatch November 2011
Ohio’s job market remains sluggish – Data released today by the Ohio Department of Job and Family Services (ODJFS) from its survey of employers for October 2011 suggest that the state, like the nation, is seeing a slowing recovery. Since July, the state has lost 8,300 jobs after gains earlier in the year. The unemployment […]