Surry Business

The Surry County Career Fair for the high school juniors will be open from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Wednesday, April 2, at the National Guard Armory in Mount Airy (map). Students will be able to meet and talk with adults about 70 future career possibilities. Immediately following the Career Fair, an Employment Fair will […]

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Surry County has more than 36,000 people in its resident workforce, the North Carolina Employment Security Commission says in its January employment report, and more than 33,600 have jobs. Both numbers are significantly higher than previous estimates. Throughout 2007, the commission reported a local labor force of about 34,900 people with 33,000 people working. The […]

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Joblessness in Surry County last month hit the highest level since the spring of 2005, the N.C. Employment Security Commission reported today. More than 2,100 people — 6.1 percent of the county’s labor force — were unemployed and seeking work in December. The unemployment rate was 0.2 percent higher than in November. Twelve months previously, […]

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It’s a question of when – not if – the national economic slowdown will affect the job market in the Triad, the High Point Enterprise reported today. “I expect we are going to feel it here,” Don Jud, professor emeritus of business administration at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro, told the newspaper. “The […]

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Surry Community College in Dobson is rapidly expanding its facilities to train welders, Brooke R. Corwin reports today in The Surry Messenger. As SurryBusiness.com reported previously, a shortage of welders and other metal fabricators is preventing or delaying several companies’ expansion in Surry County. The college offers welding classes, but has had trouble attracting prospective […]

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Surry County’s unemployment rate fell 0.1 percent in November while employment remained near its high for the year. The North Carolina Employment Security Commission said 33,077 people in the resident workforce had jobs — only 64 fewer than in June when seasonal employment swelled the labor market. There were 2,077 people seeking work and receiving […]

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If your New Year’s resolution is to move into a new line of work, check out the annual U.S. News & World Report on “Best Careers 2008.” Most of professions with the best combination of opportunities and job satisfactions require at least a two-year or four-year college degree, but the list also includes four careers […]

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The outlook for hiring in the Winston-Salem Metropolitan Statistical Area is the worst since 1996, Richard Craver reports today in the Winston-Salem Journal. Previewing a Manpower Inc. Employment Outlook quarterly report, Craver writes, “Just 7 percent of employers in (Davie, Forsyth, Stokes and Yadkin counties) say they plan to add staff in the first quarter…. […]

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Surry County’s resident workforce swelled to new high for the year, 35,195, in October, the North Carolina Employment Security Commission announced Wednesday. The number of Surry County residents with jobs also was the largest since June; the total grew from 32,839 in September to 33,087 in October. Although 250 more people found jobs, there was […]

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The 12-county Piedmont Triad area’s unemployment rate dropped from 4.9 percent in August to 4.7 percent in September. “Numbers since January and over the past year continue to remain positive,” said Harry Payne Jr., chairman of the N.C. Employment Security Commission. In the total labor force of 822,313, about 38,500 people filed unemployment claims in […]

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