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Virtual Job Fair Set For Thursday

Virtual Job Fair Set For Thursday

(Salt Lake City, UT) — A virtual job fair is set for Thursday. The Utah Department of Workforce Services is hosting the free online event. Officials say there will be more than 17-hundred positions available. The virtual fair takes place from 10:00 a.m. until 1:00 p.m. For more information, go […]

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Statewide Virtual Job Fair Thursday

Statewide Virtual Job Fair Thursday

(Salt Lake City, UT) — The state Department of Workforce Services is hosting a statewide virtual job fair on Thursday. It will feature more than 50 Utah employers offering nearly 15-hundred open positions. The job fair will be hosted from 10:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m., and since it’s virtual, all […]

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Virtual Statewide Job Fair To Include 1,000 Open Positions

Virtual Statewide Job Fair To Include 1,000 Open Positions

(Undated) — The Now Hiring sign will be out at a virtual job fair on Thursday. More than 50 employers will be participating in the job fair the Utah Department of Workforce Services is hosting. The virtual job fair will feature more than a thousand open positions in fields including […]

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Utah Jobless Rate Drops To 8.5 Percent In May

Utah Jobless Rate Drops To 8.5 Percent In May

SALT LAKE CITY-Friday, the Utah Department of Workforce Services confirmed the jobless rate in the Beehive State dropped to 8.5 percent in May. The only state with a lower rate of unemployment last month was Nebraska at 5.2 percent. Friday’s report also confirms that April’s unemployment rate was 10.4 percent. […]

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New Unemployment Claims Post Exponential Growth in Utah

New Unemployment Claims Post Exponential Growth in Utah

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Nearly 20,000 new people applied for unemployment in Utah last week, an exponential increase that’s in line with national data released Thursday amid widespread business closures related to the new coronavirus. The food preparation and services industry took the biggest hit, with a 37% increase in unemployment claims […]

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Agency: Utah’s jobless rate drops to 2.5 percent in October

Agency: Utah’s jobless rate drops to 2.5 percent in October

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Utah’s seasonally adjusted unemployment rate declined to 2.5 percent in October, down from 2.7 percent in September, as the state’s economy added 51,200 jobs in the prior year. Department of Workforce Services Chief Economist Mark Knold, said Thursday that October’s performance signals a “healthy and […]

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