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Job training centers seeing boom as supplemental unemployment benefits are set to end
With only three days until Arkansas supplemental unemployment benefits end, job training centers are noticing an increase in those seeking assistance finding a job. Author: Ian Russell (KTHV) Updated: 6:18 PM CDT June 23, 2021
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. With just three days until Arkansas supplemental unemployment benefits end, job training centers are seeing a spike in the number of people seeking job search help.
At Goodwill Industries of Arkansas, their services have seen a massive increase over the past month. Since the Governor announced the end of the supplemental insurance program about a month ago, we ve seen a 62% increase in client traffic into our career centers across the state, Tammy Wheaton, Director of The Academy, Goodwill s training services, said.