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More Houston Job Seekers Relocate

Thursday, August 19th, 2010

Even though the area has added more workers during the last five years than any other metro area in the country, many higher-level employees have given up their Houston job in order to relocate.

The Houston area has continued to fare better than most of the country throughout the economic recession. During June, the area’s unemployment rate was at 8.8 percent, which is lower than the national average of 9.5 percent.

The Houston area had a total non-farm employment of 2,526,600 workers during June, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. This is up from 2,526,000 workers during May and only a .7 percent decrease from last year.

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Houston Medical Jobs, Education Jobs See Biggest Yearly Increase

Friday, April 9th, 2010

As employment jumped over the month, Houston medical jobs and education jobs added the most workers over the year.

Although the December 2009 unemployment rate for the Houston-Sugar Land-Baytown area has not yet been released, the rate throughout Texas as a whole was 8.3 percent that month, lower than the national unemployment rate of 10 percent. Houston had an unemployment rate of 8.2 percent during November.

The area had a total non-farm employment of 2,535,600 workers during December, according to the U.S. Department of Labor Bureau of Labor Statistics. This is up from 2,532,900 workers during November, but a 3.5 percent decrease from December 2008.
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Houston Government Jobs Saved by Other Efforts to Close Budget Gap

Friday, April 9th, 2010

Several other efforts to close a large budget gap could help save Houston government jobs.

City officials have announced that they will consider relying on employee attrition, efficiency gains from technology and money from a reserve fund to make up for about $7.5 million missing from Houston’s budget this fiscal year.

“I think we’re on the front end of recovery as opposed to the middle or the end,” Controller Ronald C. Green told Bloomberg. “If the trends continue in the direction that they’re going, we will be in a little more of a dire situation.”

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Houston Customer Service Jobs Eliminated

Monday, January 4th, 2010

One business outsourcing company has eliminated several Houston customer service jobs.

The Texas Workforce Commission recently reported that Affiliated Computer Services Inc. has laid off 181 employees from one of its Houston facilities. This is a surprising move, as the company recently added 120 positions in Houston when local clients began seeing more business.

According to reports from the Houston Chronicle and Houston Business Journal, officials at the company, which performs outsourcing services for other companies, said the job cuts were “due to lack of work.”

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