Santa Ana job seekers had more success in August, according to recently released employment numbers.
The U.S. Employment statistics are generally released the first Friday of the month for the previous month. State figures and county figures are released later in the month. In August , Orange County added 2,400 jobs, with increases in almost every category other than government, which was down due to the summer recess' effect on education jobs. This means the odds are good that next month will bring more encouraging employment news.
The added jobs decreased the unemployment rate from 6.5% in July to 6.2% for August. If that still seems high, consider that August 2012 saw an unemployment rate of 7.8%. The biggest single industry gain in August was in construction jobs (2,700), followed by 1,000 jobs added to the leisure and hospitality business. Construction has grown more than 9% from last August, while the next biggest year-over-year increase has been in businesses that deal in financial activities - 900 jobs last month and a 6% increase from August of 2012.
Orange County has 1,426,800 people with jobs as of the end of August. Those who have been discouraged and stopped looking for work may want to rethink their decision and contact their local Print company for professional résumé and business card printing. Our area's job situation is improving faster than the nation's 7.3% in August compared to 8.2% last August, and much faster than California's at 8.8%, down from 10.5% in August of 2012.Get a Free Quote for Print
