Georgia’s unemployment rate has hit a 25-year high, as job losses accelerate their spread across the state.
The current mark of 7.5 percent is a spike of six-tenths of a point from October. And it’s three FULL percentage points higher than from November of last year.
State Labor Commissioner Michael Thurmond says the losses are everywhere: from manufacturing, to construction, to the retail industry. His fears of the Cooper Tire plant shutdown in Albany were confirmed in the announcement this week--gone from southwest Georgia are another 15-hundred jobs.
Thurmond says a select few industries are weathering the economic storm:
"There are some opportunities within the healthcare industry, federal government and education. Beyond those, job losses continue to mount."
Thurmond says the state’s 53 Career Centers are being flooded with out-of-work Georgians. The centers are open 10 hours a day, 5 days a week. For a complete list, go to the Department of Labor website: dol.state.ga.us
The current mark of 7.5 percent is a spike of six-tenths of a point from October. And it’s three FULL percentage points higher than from November of last year.
State Labor Commissioner Michael Thurmond says the losses are everywhere: from manufacturing, to construction, to the retail industry. His fears of the Cooper Tire plant shutdown in Albany were confirmed in the announcement this week--gone from southwest Georgia are another 15-hundred jobs.
Thurmond says a select few industries are weathering the economic storm:
"There are some opportunities within the healthcare industry, federal government and education. Beyond those, job losses continue to mount."
Thurmond says the state’s 53 Career Centers are being flooded with out-of-work Georgians. The centers are open 10 hours a day, 5 days a week. For a complete list, go to the Department of Labor website: dol.state.ga.us
