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6/2/2011Read More...
WorkSource helps Tri-Cities youths in tight summer job market
OLYMPIA – Finding a summer job in this economy is tough. And for young people with little work experience, it’s especially important to know how to put your best foot forward.
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6/1/2011Read More...
Five months left to access free Microsoft e-learning
OLYMPIA – It’s one of the best values around: free online courses that teach Washington residents how to use Microsoft software products – but Oct. 31 is the deadline for registering.
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5/31/2011Read More...
Collecting unemployment requires real job-search effort
OLYMPIA – Congrats on your wedding, but we’re going to need our money back. That was Employment Security’s response to a Washington woman who received unemployment benefits for the week she was in Texas getting married. The woman said she fulfilled her job-search requirement on the way to the church by stopping off at an El Paso movie theater to inquire about a job
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5/18/2011Read More...
Comeback continues: Washington added jobs again in April
OLYMPIA – Washington’s black-and-blue economy continued its comeback in April. The state added an estimated 5,800 jobs last month, while the unemployment rate dipped from 9.2 to 9.1 percent.
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5/10/2011Read More...
Robocall technology deployed to help people find jobs
OLYMPIA – Robocall technology typically reserved for telemarketing and political campaigns is being used by the Employment Security Department to encourage 50,000 people who have run out of unemployment benefits to visit their local WorkSource career center for help finding a job.
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4/21/2011Read More...
Free retraining for those left jobless by Bellevue box-factory closure
OLYMPIA – The U.S. Department of Labor has ruled that dozens of workers who lost jobs when International Paper Company closed its corrugated container plant in Bellevue last November are now eligible for the federal Trade Adjustment Assistance (TAA) program.
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4/21/2011Read More...
More help wanted: Job openings up 31 percent
OLYMPIA – Washington’s recession-ravaged job market is on the road to recovery, according to the Employment Security Department’s fall 2010 job-vacancy survey released today.
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4/13/2011Read More...
More job gains in March, but jobless rate up slightly
OLYMPIA – Washington added a seasonally adjusted estimate of 1,100 jobs in March, while the unemployment rate edged up from 9.1 percent to 9.2 percent.