JobWatch October 2011
Ohio’s Job Outlook Continues to be Weak;Austerity Policies Not Generating Promised Economic Boost Data released by the Ohio Department of Job and Family Services (ODJFS) from its survey of employers for September 2011 suggest that the state, like the nation, is seeing a slowing recovery. Overall, the number of jobs in the state is now […]
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JobWatch September 2011
Ohio Reverses Course in August: Investment Needed to Revive Recovery Data released today by the Ohio Department of Job and Family Services (ODJFS) from its survey of employers for August 2011 show that the state lost jobs in August. The new jobs numbers are in line with a separate survey of households that indicated unemployment […]
JobWatch August 2011
Ohio is Still Suffering in the Wake of the Great Recession Ohio employment continues to make month-to-month gains in the number of nonfarm jobs, but they still leave the state far short of making up for the losses in the past two recessions. Data released by the Ohio Department of Job and Family Services (ODJFS) […]
JobWatch September 2008
Little long-term growth in Ohio job market Ohio employment continues to bob up and down from month to month, while showing little growth over the long-term. Ohio and Michigan are the only two states in the country that do not have as many jobs as they did when the last recession officially ended more than […]
JobWatch June 2008
Little long-term growth in Ohio job market Ohio employment continues to bob up and down from month to month, while showing little growth over the long-term. Ohio and Michigan are the only two states in the country that do not have as many jobs as they did when the last recession officially ended more than […]
JobWatch April 2008
Seven-year Slack for Ohio Jobs Ohio and Michigan are the only two states in the country that do not have as many jobs as they did when the last recession started seven years ago. Since then, Ohio has lost almost 175,000 jobs, or 3.1 percent of its total, according to seasonally adjusted payroll numbers for […]
JobWatch January 2008
Slack grows in Ohio’s job market Ohio’s job market looked sickly as the old year ended, showing a decline of more than 15,000 jobs from a year earlier. Ohio has not added jobs since the end of the last recession, even while economists wonder whether the nation is entering another one. There are 58,000 fewer […]
JobWatch December 2007
Ohio Employment Down 50,000 since Recession Six years after the official end of the last recession, the state hasn’t recovered the number of jobs it had when the downturn ended. There are 50,000 fewer jobs in Ohio than in November 2001, according to seasonally adjusted payroll numbers for nonfarm wage and salary jobs released Dec. […]
JobWatch November 2007
Ohio Employment in a Sideways Pattern Ohio’s job market continues with at best a sideways pattern. Ohio employment in October was almost identical to what it was six months ago and more than 11,000 jobs below a year earlier, according to seasonally adjusted payroll numbers for nonfarm wage and salary jobs released Nov. 16 by […]
JobWatch October 2007
Ohio Employment Still Below Recession Levels More than five years after the end of the last recession, Ohio hasn’t recovered the number of jobs it had when the downturn ended. There are 47,000 fewer jobs in Ohio than in November 2001. Though there have been some ups and downs in the past year, Ohio employment […]
JobWatch August 2007
A flat Ohio job market Though it has seen some ups and downs from month to month, Ohio employment is nearly the same as it was six months and a year ago, according to seasonally adjusted payroll numbers for nonfarm wage and salary jobs released August 17 by the Ohio Department of Job and Family […]