Palmetto Promise: List Of “Enterprise-Friendly” SC Cities
Columbia, SC — The research is in: South Carolina is a great place to do business. In a report released today, Palmetto Promise Institute (PPI) unveils...
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SC Labor Participation: February Uptick
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A “McMASTER MIRACLE?” NO … BUT A GOOD START FOR SOUTH CAROLINA’S NEW GOVERNOR A key economic indicator in the Palmetto State showed progress during the...
Revised SC Workforce Data: Not Pretty
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SOUTH CAROLINA’S WORKFORCE IS STILL STRUGGLING … Seasonally adjusted data from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) showed South Carolina’s labor participation rate was worse...
Nikki Haley’s Real Jobs Record
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SOUTH CAROLINA'S SO-CALLED "JOBS GOVERNOR" FAILED TO GROW THE PALMETTO STATE'S WORKFORCE DURING HER SIX YEARS IN OFFICE...
SC Workforce Still Struggling
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NIKKI HALEY POISED TO GO OUT ON A LOW NOTE … South Carolina’s labor participation rate slipped to 59 percent during the month of November...
SC Labor Participation: Stuck In A Rut
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KEY EMPLOYMENT METRIC HOLDS AT DEPRESSED LEVEL … The more things change … the more they stay the same. When it comes to the numbers that...
SC Labor Participation Rate Slips To 59 Percent
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PALMETTO STATE WORKFORCE STILL SHRINKING … South Carolina’s unemployment rate dipped below five percent last month for the first time since 2001 – its fifth...
Amazon Announces Seasonal Hiring
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120,000 HOLIDAY JOBS COMING TO 27 STATES Seattle-based retailer/ cloud computing provider Amazon announced its intention to begin hiring 120,000 employees on a seasonal basis...
SC Labor Participation Still Falling
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PALMETTO WORKFORCE SHRINKS AGAIN … The percentage of working age South Carolinians who are part of the labor force dipped again during the month of August,...
South Carolina’s “Overqualified” Workforce
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ARE PALMETTO STATE WORKERS REALLY TOO SMART? We’ve devoted a lot of ink to the fact that South Carolina’s workforce is smaller than most other...