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Belmont County Commissioners Josh Meyer, from left, J.P. Dutton and Jerry Echemann listen Wednesday to a report from Ohio Means Jobs officials announcing a virtual job fair April 29.
ST. CLAIRSVILLE Employment opportunities are available in Belmont County, but the search for employees is a problem according to Mike Schlanz, workforce supervisor of Ohio Means Jobs in Belmont County.
Schlanz updated the Belmont County Board of Commissioners on activities of the Ohio Means Jobs Center and Workforce Investment Program on Wednesday.
“We are having employers call us, posting jobs, but it’s like everybody, no matter where you are in the state, you have trouble finding people,” he said, adding the situation has been the same throughout the pandemic. “We’ve been open the whole time, our job center, and job seeker foot traffic just dropped off. It dropped off a cliff. No one’s really coming in looking for work. Maybe a few stragglers comi