By FITSNews || South Carolina’s unemployment rate held steady at a record 12.5 percent in February – the same as January’s revised figure and the fifth straight month that the figure has topped the 12 percent mark.
South Carolina’s rate also remained the fourth-highest in the nation.
According to data released by the embattled S.C. Employment Security Commission, the state’s unemployment rolls shrank by just over 1,000 workers in February, although that figure was aided by the addition of 2,500 government positions.
Over 114,000 South Carolinians have lost their jobs since the beginning of the “Great Recession” in December 2007, although government has added positions over that time period. In fact, over 6,000 government jobs have been added in the last year alone.
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February 2010 S.C. Unemployment Data
By me March 27, 2010 at 5:07 pm
wheres the UNDEREMPLOYMENT numbers???? Thats the important stuff.
By Martha Washington March 28, 2010 at 6:41 pm
If you count all of the SELF-EMPLOYED tradesmen that had their jobs stolen by illegal aliens and ruthless contractors that hire them, you would easily have 20% unemployment.
The Alien invasion has destroyed South Carolina and most legislators are complicit in this demise.
Yes they passed an immigration reform bill but how much difference do you really see in the cheap laabor force-not much at all.
By Another Opinion March 28, 2010 at 9:11 pm
It’ll stay this way as long as the entire political structure of this state remains status quo.
By Frog March 28, 2010 at 10:04 pm
Why would they even TRY to find a job when they can get a unemployment check for YEARS and work under the table for extra money. On top of that they can get ALL OF THE GOVERMENT PROGRAMS!!!! Who you want to get off of the rolls?
By Ricky Henderson March 29, 2010 at 1:58 am
I teach people how to open a successful small business. Invest in yourselt and I will teach you to earn profit not work for wages.
By Hmmmmm March 29, 2010 at 11:29 am
The biggest problem we have are the inept people sitting at the ESC. Those people who are “supposed” to help others find a job. They spend most of their time looking for reasons why someone isnt a fit rather than trying to find reasons why someone is a fit in a particular job.
I say clear house and find people who want to help others find jobs. Put them on a salary plus bonus for filling jobs. If they cant do that job then find someone who can! Pretty simple.
By follyislandgirl April 3, 2010 at 7:46 pm
Just curious if any of you are unemployed?
I would not hire someone who has an illegal alien as an employee. It’s not a race issue for me, it’s the principle of it all. Those of us born here or those that are legally living and working here have taxes taken out of our paychecks. Everyone that is employed in our country need to be held to the same standards.
I am 55 years old, I starting working when I was 13 at a summer job at the folly beach amusement park, I made $5.00 a day. I have never been unemployed in my entire adult life, as a result I have never drawn unemployment compensation. On Sept. 24, 2009 I lost my job of 15 years. I was shocked when I was told that my unemployment benefit would be $282.00 weekly, $282.00 a week for over 35 years of hard work.
Believe it or not some of us have tried to find gainful employment. I have applied to more than 125 jobs. I couldn’t even get a job cleaning dog kennels. My unemployment benefits ran out on March 28, 2010. I received notice to report to the local workforce center. I was then approved for the federal government EUC. This was supposed to be for an additional 13 weeks. I received another letter today telling me that the federal program expires on May 31, 2010. If people are drawing unemployment for years I would love to know how I can get on that program. I receive no government benefits.
I cannot afford to try a new medication that my physician says may better control my health issue. If I was still employed, I would pay an affordable co-pay, now I would have to pay over $400.00 per month.
Yes, there may be inept employees at the SCESC , there are inept people everywhere. I myself am inept in some ways. I have been at the local office of the SCESC, those employees have a huge work load.
The http://www.sces.org website has a link to a list of available jobs. We need to quit bitching, moaning and groaning and do our part and scan these jobs daily.
By Wake-up Call April 20, 2010 at 2:57 pm
OK, some of you are just mouthing off without knowing the facts. It is not the staff at the ESC offices job to “find” or “get” you a job. It is their job to recruit for listings of available jobs, make you aware of what is available and point you in that direction. It is YOUR responsibility to apply, “sell” yourself based on your qualifications etc and most of all-follow up on the referrals given to you. I’ve worked there and many of you don’t follow up. Many, and no, I didn’t say most or all of you, play the system and don’t follow up on the referrals given to you. It is the staff’s job to keep in contact with the employers to verify that the clients given the referral actually applied. More times than not, the employers have never even heard your name because YOU DIDN”T APPLY! Stop passing the buck on the hard working ONLINE staff and take responsibility for your own destiny. They are doing their part, now you need to do yours. Oh, and one more key note, the employers don’t want a referral to be given to you if you don’t meet the minimum requirements for the job-if they wanted just any Tom, Dick, Harry or Jane to apply they would just post the job in the newspaper. They expect the ESC staff to “pre-screen” for qualified applicants BEFORE making a referral. That is the agreement the ESC has with all employers who choose to post their job openings with the ESC. Now, get off your behind and do your part-the ESC “ONLINE” staff are doing theirs……those in the headquarters office in Columbia, well thats another story. There, they need to clean house!!!!!!!!!