Layoff News
Orange County Unemployment Reaches Over 10%
By daniel | Dated: 04-16-2010
For the month of March, the unemployment rate has again exceeded the 10% threshold in Orange County, California.On a positive note, as is similar to other regions experiencing such news, the rate of job losses has likewise slowed down.
Since March of last year, a 2.9% overall decline in employment has been experienced for the region, with 39,700 few people working.
The manufacturing sector, one of the hardest hit since the economic downturn, has added 1,800 jobs from February to March. Construction was the hardest hit sector, but saw a loss of only 300 jobs for the same one month period. Rain is cited as a contributing factor, delaying work at numerous sites.
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.
