More career fairs pop up as $300 federal unemployment checks expire soon
There are still 67,000 people relying on the additional $300 in federal unemployment insurance. That expires in less than six weeks.
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Updated: 7:26 PM MDT Jul 27, 2021
More career fairs pop up as $300 federal unemployment checks expire soon
There are still 67,000 people relying on the additional $300 in federal unemployment insurance. That expires in less than six weeks.
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Updated: 7:26 PM MDT Jul 27, 2021
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INCLUDE JUSTIFILEAB HOMICIDES OR NEGLIGENT MURDER AND THERE ARE THOUSANDS OF JOB OPENINGS AOSCRS THE STATE AS EMPLOYERS LOOK TO GET BACK TO BUSINESS AND FEDERAL STIMULUS UNEMPLOYMENT BENEFITS ARE SET TO EXPIRE SOON ACTION 7 NEWS REPORTER STELLA SONS ON JUST LIVE IN ALBUQUERQUE ON THE JOB MARKET SITUATION STELLA. HEY RON NEARLY IN MYUS B OUR LONGER WAIT TIMES AT THE THIS IS WE SHOP AND EAT AT NOW. I SKEPO WITH BUSINESSES LOOKING TO HIRE WITH JOB SEEKERS AS WELL AS THE NEW MEXICO DEPARTMENT OF WORKFORCE SOLUTIONS ABOUT GETTING FOLKS BACK TO WORK. WE’RE HIRING SIGNS ARE ON MYAN STOREFRONTS ACROSS THE STATE. WE ARE CURRENTLY OPERATING A SIGN ON BONUS OF 250 DOLLARS SOME EMPLOYERS GIVING EXTRA REASONS TO WORK ROSE GONZAZLE WORKS FOR RANDSTAD THE LARGEST HUMAN RESOURCES PROVIDER IN THE WORLD. RANDSTAD IS AMONG THE DOZENS OF BUNESISSES THAT SHOWED UP TO GOODWILL’S CAREER FAIR. YOUR JOB PEOPLE ARE STARTING TO GET BACK OUT THERE WORKING. COLIN. O’BRIESAN YS HE USED TO WORK IN THE RESTAURANT INDUSTRY, BUT LOST HIS JOB BECAUSE OF THE PANDEMIC NOW, HE’S OPEN TO CHANGING CAREERS. I’M NOT ONE TO SIT AT HOME AND JUST LIKE TO CHECK THERE ARE MANY REASONS WHY EMPLOYERS ARE HAVING A TOUGH TIME HIRING WHETHER IT’S BECAUSE SOME ARE MAKING MORE ON UNEMPLOYMENT BENEFITS OR IF IT’S BECAUSE THEY’RE AFRAID OF CATCHING THE VISRU THE STATE’S DEPARTMENT OF WORKFORCE SOLUTIONS SAYS PEOPLE ARE SLOWLY COMING BACK FROM MAY 24. THROUGH A FRIDAY OF LAST WEEK. WE’VE COME DNOW BY A TOTALF O 15,000 TOTAL CLAIMANTS, RIGHT WHO ARE RECEINGVI BENEFITS. THERE ARE STILL 67,000 PEOPLE RELYING ON THE ADDITIOLNA $300 IN FEDERAL UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE THAT EXPIRES IN LESS ANTH SIX WEEKS EMPLOYERS. WHEN THE BENEFITS RUN OUT. JOB MARKET WLIL FLOOD CREATING MORE COMPETITION. I RECOMMEND PEOPLE GET INTOHE T JOB MARKET RIGHT NOW EMPLOYERS ARE VERY ACTIVELY HIRING RIGHT NOW, AND IT’S A VERY EMPLOYEE FRIENDLY MARKET AS WELL AS JOB SEEKER FRIENDLY MARKET. AND AS I MENTIONED GOODWILL ORGANIZE THIS CAREER FAIR, IT’S A PART OF THEIR ABQ RETN TURO WORK INITIATIVE ANDHE TY WILL ROUND UP EMPLOYERS EVERY OTHER WEEK AND HOLD THESE CAREER FAIRS MOVING FORWARD REPORTING LIVE HERE IN CIVIC PLAZA. I’MTILL S A SON KOAT ACTION 7 NE.WS THANK YOU STELLA. YOU CAN SEE THE LINK ON YOUR SCREEN BUT HEAD TO GOODWILL IN M.