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RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK – The U.S. Department of Labor reported last week that nationwide unemployment has now hit the lowest point since the COVID-19 pandemic began in March 2020. Around 498,000 Americans filed unemployment claims in the last week of April, down by 92,000 from the previous week. North Carolina saw new claims drop by about 3,440 in the same period.
But that doesn’t mean the pandemic recession is over. North Carolina is still tens of thousands of jobs short of where the state was in March 2020.
The Bureau of Labor Statistics’ newly released April jobs report shows a significant decline in hiring. According to the report, U.S. businesses added 266,000 new jobs in April, a notable drop from March’s revised total of 770,000. April’s unemployment rate remains at 6.1%, a tiny change from 6% in March.
RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK – The Triangle’s job market rebound isn’t showing signs of stopping. According to the latest data released by the North Carolina Department of Commerce last week, the Durham/Chapel Hill metropolitan statistical area reported a 3.8% unemployment rate in March, reflecting a decent drop from 4.7% in February. Raleigh is a close second, with unemployment dropping to 3.9% from 4.7% in February.
Both of these figures outpace the state’s 4.6% average (not seasonally adjusted), which fell 1% from the previous month.
The improving jobs outlook comes well before Apple begins hiring in the Triangle for the 3,000 positions it announced last week as part of a new $1 billion campus in the Triangle.
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RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK Looking for a job or internship in high tech? There’s plenty of demand in the Triangle and across the state. One example of the increasing demand for high tech workers? Take the more than 1,000 positions that are available at companies participating in Wednesday’s virtual tech job expo presented by the North Carolina Technology Association.
The virtual expo event, held from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., features virtual booths with more 20 employers like Allscripts, Ally, Channel Advisor, Deutsche Bank, Dude Solutions, Google, insightsoftware, LexisNexis, First Citizens Bank, Toshiba Global Commerce, Wake Technical Community College, and more.