The economy seems to be turning around, according to Scott Gage, director of the Genesee County Career Center.
New job orders -- companies posting jobs at the career center -- are up to 80 to 90 a week, nearly double what job orders were last year.
And there are fewer people showing up for the center's weekly unemployment orientation classes.
"Obviously a lot of it is seasonal and service sector jobs, such as Darien Lake, but there is also some manufacturing being done, and some of the food processing people are actually increasing the number of year-around lines, too," Gage said.
He also said there are more supervisor-level jobs coming in.
Gage shared his news during the Ways and Means Committee meeting.
Legislator Ed Dejaneiro added his own anecdotal evidence of a turn-around.
“I received a call yesterday from a guy who has been unemployed for two years, and he just got a job, in Batavia," Dejaneiro said. "A good paying job."
The state's official employment numbers should be out next week.
the unemployment rate back
the unemployment rate back home in WNY didn't go down because you can't take away jobs that you didn't have to start with. 7% unemployment does look sparkling on paper, yet i have to explain tho folks here that exact sad scenario. nothing from nothing leaves nothing. the numbers never lie...:/
Son, you comment doesn't make
Son, you comment doesn't make a lick of sense.
father, what i mean is the
father, what i mean is the Gensee county unemployment rate DID go up during this recession to 7% (from about 5%). this looks GREAT in relation to our current midwest rate of 10 - 11%. MI is somewhere near 20 - 25%. BUT, there weren't many jobs in WNY to start, so the 2% job loss increase is not as much as it would be in a viable job market, like that of the industrial based midwest. FYI - pre - recesssion, IN had the largest percentage od population employed in the manufacturing area. a tangled web we have weaved, indeed.