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News & ArtsWednesday, September 19, 2012
Economy Unemployment Rate Edging Upward in Seattle
Posted by Eli Sanders on Wed, Sep 19, 2012 at 1:46 PM
It hit 7.7 percent in August, which is a bit of a rise from the July rate of 7.5 percent.
Same story for the state as a whole: Washington's overall unemployment rate is up from 8.5 percent in July to 8.6 percent for August.
Neither of those numbers represent big increases, and they're both better than the unemployment numbers a year ago. In August of 2011 the state had 9.2 percent unemployment, while Seattle had 8.4 percent.
Still, it's not good news. (As a lot of politicians will surely tell us between now and Election Day.)
1
New hiring by Google, Disney here. I get tons of emails with jobs in Seattle for people with degrees and advanced degrees.
Don't want an education: Fageddabouddit.
Don't want an education: Fageddabouddit.
3
Surely, George Bush is to blame.
But really, I was just reading a PI post about all the billionaires who live here.
I'll say it now, and they'll probably come after me as usually, but I think anyone who has more than $1B in the bank who isn't investing anything in excess of $1B in small business start ups and future technology doesn't really love the the US of A.
But really, I was just reading a PI post about all the billionaires who live here.
I'll say it now, and they'll probably come after me as usually, but I think anyone who has more than $1B in the bank who isn't investing anything in excess of $1B in small business start ups and future technology doesn't really love the the US of A.
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But Google and Disney are mostly IT gigs. What about the availability of employment beyond IT? Not everybody with an education is a C++ wiz or can be one for that matter.
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