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Unemployment Rate Click for latest employment situation | |
| Utah: 3.3% | U.S.: 5.1% |
| Year-Over Nonfarm Growth | |
| Utah: 2.1% | U.S.: 0.4% |
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In the split second between throwing your mortarboard in the air and it pegging someone three rows in front of you, a cold hard, realization slaps you in the face: you need a job! Of course you have planned for this moment for the past year and have already lined up a high-paying job with full benefits in your field. No? OK, don't panic, you can still recover. more...
This study, conducted during the fourth quarter of 2007, measured the quantity and charateristics of vacant jobs in Utah by various geographic areas. It showed, for that quarter, what occupations were most in demand, which industries had the most vacant jobs and it identifies possible labor shortages and/or skill gaps in the labor force. more...
Utah's unemployment rate rose to 3.3 percent in March, but there are still tens of thousands of job openings in Utah according to a new Job Vacancy Study by the Utah Deparment of Workforce Services...Salt Lake City will keep its air hub and gain new global connections, thanks to a Delta-Northwest merger, airline officials said...Builders along the Wasatch Front took out permits for the construction of only 289 homes in March, the lowest level since at least 1990... more...
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