Employment News
Kansas Lost 16,000 Jobs in 2008
By Erik Even | Dated: 03-28-2009
Kansas lost 16,000 jobs since last February, a 1.2% decrease, according to a report from the Kansas Department of Labor.The state’s unemployment rate is 6.2%, up from 4% last year.
The Wichita Metropolitan Statistical Area reported an unemployment rate of 6%, up from 3.7%.
There were 23,980 initial claims for unemployment benefits in February, down from 26,744 initial claims in January. But it was a significant increase from February 2008, which saw 10,486 initial claims.
Career Connect (From our other career blogs):
- Employment News (Sponsored by EmploymentSpectator)
- Following Your Passion-Literally! (Sponsored by iamnotastalker.com)
- Job Search Advice from the CEO of TravelingCrossing (Sponsored by aharrisonbarnes.com)
- Layoff News (Sponsored by LayOffWatch)
Testimonial of the Week
The number of jobs listed on EmploymentCrossing is great. I appreciate the efforts that are taken to ensure the accuracy and validity of all jobs.
- Richard S Baltimore, MD
Sign Up now
Only TravelingCrossing consolidates every job it can find in the domain and puts all of the job listings it locates in one place.
- We have more jobs than any other job board.
- We list jobs you will not find elsewhere that are hidden in small regional publications and employer websites
- We collect jobs from more than 4,429,376 websites and post them on our site.
- We are private, and therefore far fewer people are applying for the jobs on our site than are applying for those on public job boards.
