Mountain Area Works Highlights
- Asheville metro unemployment rate May 2022 at 3.0%, lowest in NC, #1 in state for increase in jobs since May 2021
- Over 300 job seekers attended the "$19 per Hour and Beyond" Job Fair
- 70+ employers to attend "$19 per Hour and Beyond" Job Fair
- Guided Compass Mountain Area Workforce Development Board Online Portal
- 2022 WNC Rebounding Stronger Summit presented by the Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond, Southwestern Commission and Land of Sky Regional Council
- Employers Post Your Work-Based Learning Opportunities on The Navigator
- NCWorks Career Center Asheville workshops June and July 2022
- NC unemployment rate now 3.4% - but job seekers keep this in mind
- 324 individuals filed an unemployment claim in our region for April 2022
- NCWorks: Work on What's Next
- Mountain Area Careers
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Unemployment rate in Mountain Area region 3.1% as of May 2022. As of May 2022, 12,475 more people working compared to May 2021. 1,116 more people working compared to April 2022.
6,792 unemployed individuals in May 2022, 6,198 unemployed individuals in April 2022, 6,347 unemployed individuals in March 2022, 6,603 unemployed individuals in February 2022 compared to 6,669 in January 2022, compared to 5,584 in December 2021 compared to 6,038 in November 2021 compared to 6,547 in October 2021 6,917 in September 2021.
Total Labor Force 222,673.
Total Employed Labor Force 215,881.
Record number of jobs, number of people in the labor force and number of people working.
Our region has completely recovered the labor force compared to prepandemic. Labor force before the pandemic was 219,952. We are 2,721 workers above the labor force prior to the pandemic. Our region is also above by 2,535 jobs of the numbers of individuals employed prior 213,346 to the pandemic.
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Mountain Area WDB Job Openings NCWorks.gov |
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Mountain Area WDB Labor Force |
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Mountain Area WDB Employed Individuals |
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Mountain Area WDB Unemployed Individuals |
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Asheville MSA Industry Jobs Compared to One Year Ago |
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Mountain Area WDB Taxable Retail Sales |
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Asheville metro unemployment rate at 3.0%, lowest of any NC metro |
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Asheville metro now (as of May 2022) the lowest unemployment of any NC metro at 3.0%. This rate is 1.1% points lower than the metro unemployment rate of 3.9% of one year ago. All counties in our region have unemployment rates below the state unemployment rate of 3.4%.
Buncombe 3.0%
Haywood 3.2%
Henderson 3.1%
Madison 3.4%
Transylvania 3.3%
Compared to May 2021, the Asheville metro added 8,700 jobs.
Asheville metro has the #1 greatest increase in jobs (4.5%) out of NC's 15 metros in the past year. Year over Year job growth by metro:
- Asheville 4.5%
- Raleigh 4.3%
- Charlotte/Concord/Gastonia 4.1%
- Hickory/Lenoir/Morganton 3.6%
- Fayetteville 3.3%
- Greensboro/High Point 3.2%
- Wilmington 3.1%
- Durham/Chapel Hill 3.0%
- Jacksonville 2.7%
- Greenville 1.6%
- Burlington 1.1%
- Winston-Salem 2.0%
- New Bern 1.3%
- Goldsboro 1.2%
- Rocky Mount 0.7%
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Over 300 job seekers attended the "$19 per Hour and Beyond" Job Fair |
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Over 300 job seekers attended the “$19 per Hour And Beyond” Job Fair. We thank our many media partners for sharing the news including WLOS TV, Asheville Radio Group, Hendersonville Lightning, Transylvania Times, AVL Today, WWNC 570AM and more. We also thank the many volunteers who supported this job fair.
Employer A: "I wanted to thank you so much for the opportunity to attend yesterday’s event. We spoke to more folks yesterday than we have if we combined all the job fairs over the past two years. I have been keeping an ear open today and we have already had several folks from yesterday reach out to us, starting the application process, etc."
Employer B: “I just wanted to share with you that this has been the best event that we have been to! Well organized and I truly appreciate what you and the team do for the community!”
Employer C: “Thank you for putting together another wonderful career fair!”
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70+ employers to attend '$19 per Hour and Beyond' Job Fair Wednesday |
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More than 70 employers looking to fill positions paying $19+
Hosted by Mountain Area Workforce Development, the '$19 per Hour and Beyond' career fair runs from 11 a.m. - 4 p.m. with more than 2,000 jobs up for grabs.
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wlos.com
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Guided Compass Mountain Area Workforce Development Board Online Portal |
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Guided Compass
Mountain Area Workforce Development Board has partnered with Guided Compass to provide career development and work opportunities in the Buncombe, Henderson, Madison and Transylvania counties.
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www.guidedcompass.com
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Guided Compass
Post opportunities, design your ideal candidate, and get screened, referred candidates.
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guidedcompass.com
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2022 WNC Rebounding Stronger Summit |
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Employers Post Your Work-Based Learning Opportunities on The Navigator |
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NC's WORK-BASED LEARNING (WBL) NAVIGATOR
The Navigator is a free, first-of-its-kind, tool designed to connect classroom learning to career learning. Through this platform employers post WBL opportunities like job shadowing and internships.
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wblnavigator.org
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NCWorks Career Center Asheville workshops June and July 2022 |
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NC unemployment rate now 3.4% - but job seekers, keep this in mind, |
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NC unemployment 3.4% - but job seekers, keep this in mind
North Carolina's unemployment rate dropped to 3.4% in April 2022, when seasonally-adjusted. That's dropped by 0.1% from the prior month's revised rate, according to new data from the North Carolina Department of Commerce.
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wraltechwire.com
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324 people filed for unemployment benefits in our region April 2022 |
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Buncombe: 214
Henderson: 74
Madison: 14
Transylvania: 12
TOTAL: 324
Unemployment Claims by Sector in our Region
Leisure & Hospitality 40 (12.7%)
Trade Transportation & Utilities 54 (17.2%)
Unclassified/Unknown 48 (15.3%)
Educational & Health Services 49 (15.6%)
Manufacturing 37 (11.8%)
Other Services 10 (3.2%)
Professional & Business Services 38 (12.1%)
Construction 15 (4.8%)
Financial Activities 16 (5.1%)
Information (Not disclosed)
Public Administration (Not disclosed)
Natural Resources & Mining 0 (0.0%)
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NC Jobs | Mountain Area Careers | Western North Carolina
Create Your Future in the Mountains of Western North Carolina. Find jobs from great employers. Earn a steady living and advance your career.
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www.mountainareacareers.org
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