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Job seeking can be tough, but during a pandemic it becomes even tougher.  Workers looking for new opportunities to grow their career, better their situation, or continue to bring home a paycheck can run into roadblocks.  Companies may delay hiring due to economic conditions and jobseekers may have difficulty identifying changing workforce needs or hiring trends.

NCcareers.org continues to provide critical and timely information to help North Carolinians explore career options and choices.  During the COVID-19 Pandemic, some workers, concerned with contracting the COVID-19 virus, may be interested in exploring occupations with less person-to-person contact.  NCcareers.org has information for occupations that may be less affected by COVID -19. Users can access this information by clicking on the green COVID-19 response banner at the top of the landing page and then clicking on the Low Contact Occupations tab.

In December, not seasonally adjusted unemployment rates increased in 55 of North Carolina's 100 counties.

North Carolina's seasonally adjusted unemployment rate remained unchanged from November’s revised rate of 6.2 percent.

Quarter 2 data from the Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages (QCEW) were recently released, and as expected provide a stark contrast to the first quarter of 2020. As the impacts of the pandemic began to be widely felt in the early spring of 2020, changes in consumer behavior as well as school closures and other restrictions on business activity led to an unprecedented drop in economic activity throughout the state and the nation.

In November, not seasonally adjusted unemployment rates increased in 76 of North Carolina's 100 counties.

North Carolina's seasonally adjusted unemployment rate remained unchanged from October’s revised rate of 6.2 percent.

In October, not seasonally adjusted unemployment rates decreased in all of North Carolina's 100 counties.

North Carolina's seasonally adjusted unemployment rate decreased 0.9 of a percentage point to 6.3 percent from September’s revised rate of 7.2 percent.

In a previous post, we explored some of the key findings from the recently published North Carolina Registered Apprenticeship Survey Report, including the financial returns associated with businesses’ apprenticeship programs. In this post, we’ll investigate some of the mechanisms through which apprentices provide these returns to businesses and some of the differences between programs in various industry sectors.

In September, not seasonally adjusted unemployment rates increased in 95 of North Carolina's 100 counties.

A recent survey of nearly 300 apprenticeship programs across North Carolina found that investments in apprenticeships produce a strong financial return to companies. This post, the first of two, explores some of the survey's key findings, including the survey's analysis of businesses' financial return on apprenticeship investments.

The fourth in a series of summaries of 2018-2028 North Carolina Employment Projections will focus on education requirements and projected employment. 

North Carolina's seasonally adjusted unemployment rate increased 0.8 of a percentage point to 7.3 percent from August’s revised rate of 6.5 percent.

The third in a series of summaries of 2018-2028 North Carolina Employment Projections will focus on job openings.