Rural North Carolina hit hardest by down economy

By Admin | November 7, 2011 |

new unemployment data released by the N.C. Employment Security Commission last week—and worse may be coming as spending cuts in the recently passed state budget slowly phase in over the coming months. The above table shows the hardest hit areas – with the key indicating that the average rural unemployment rate is 1% higher than…

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Residents angry hiring goes ahead without background check

By Admin | November 4, 2011 |

background check still pending. This particular situation is going on in DeFuniak Springs, Florida – where city council members say they’re still on-track to hire new city manager Mike Standley next Monday, even though a background check may not be completed by then. Some residents were already upset the council agreed to hire Mike Standley…

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Unemployment troubles may last five more years

By Admin | November 2, 2011 |

said this week. This prediction has significant consequences across the whole of society, as well as in the employment screening industry specifically. “We have reached the moment of truth,” Raymond Torres, director of the ILO’s Geneva-based International Institute for Labour Studies unit, said in an e-mailed report this week. “We have a brief window of…

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