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Fewer Central Virginians filing unemployment claims as hiring opportunities increase
About 1,500 people are now filing on a weekly basis
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LYNCHBURG, Va. – As hiring opportunities increase, fewer Central Virginians are filing unemployment claims.
The Career Works Lynchburg Center says they’re seeing about 1,500 people filing on a weekly basis.
That’s a major drop compared to this time last year when unemployment in Central Virginia peaked at around 10,000 people.
“In the Lynchburg area, we have somewhere between 117,000 to 120,000 people in our workforce, and only 1,400 to 1,500 are filing unemployment claims on a weekly basis. So, that’s just a tiny number compared to the overall workforce,” said Tim Saunders, business engagement and outreach coordinator for Virginia Career Works Lynchburg Center.
Central Virginia sees drop in unemployment as three-day job fair kicks off
After peaking with 9,600 claims last May, the region is now around 1,600 people
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LYNCHBURG, Va. – Like so many others, Alexandria Johnson is struggling during the pandemic.
“My situation has been rough, and I’m not ashamed to say that it’s been rough because there’s nothing that I’ve done to make it rough. It’s something that the world has going on,” said Johnson.
The 30-year-old mother of three is now looking for a better opportunity thanks to a job fair in Lynchburg.
“It’s making me feel good because a lot of these places here, they’re not opening the doors for us, they’re not letting us come in, they’re not letting us work,” said Johnson.