Jobs

New York State’s economy has added 29,600 jobs in January, breaking a record with 17 consecutive months of private sector jobs added, the State Department of Labor reported Thursday.

“Generation Opportunity,” a national non-partisan organization advocating for employment of 18-to-29-year-olds, has released its January millennial jobs report. The report shows the youth unemployment rate for those 18-29 was 13.1 percent in January...

Last month New York State’s economy added 34,300 private sector jobs, the State Department of lLabor reported recently. This addition brings the state’s overall 2012 year-to-date private sector job gain to 123,200.

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Generation Opportunity, a national, non-partisan organization advocating for ages 18-29 has announced its unemployment numbers for December, specific to ages 18-29.

The U.S. Labor Department released job hiring figures for December on Friday, stating that the nation added 155,000 jobs in the final month of 2012. Unemployment, however, remained steady at 7.8 percent nationally.

The State Labor Department has released local area unemployment rates for November 2012. Compared to November 2011 Otsego County stayed the same in November 2012 at 7.3 percent. Chenango County also stayed flat, posting a 7.9 percent unemployment rate last month.

State senator James Seward on Wednesday announced that 50 job creation projects in the 51st Senate District will receive critically important state funds. The funds are through the second round of Regional Economic Development Council awards, including six projects in Otsego County totaling over $1.4 million.

Governor Andrew Cuomo announced recently that Jobs Express, a website designed to help New Yorkers who are seeking employment, currently has more than 74,000 job openings available.

The State Labor Department recently released local area unemployment rates for September, which are developed using a procedure determined by the U.S. Department of Labor.