Jobs outlook shining brighter
JANESVILLE--Chris Smith was an unemployed carpenter for about two years before he started getting work again last spring.
Construction jobs have become more regular in recent months, and Smith said Thursday that he’s working steadily at 40 hours a week.
“I was real happy. I was just really getting tired of sitting around,” said Smith of Beloit, who is working commercial and residential jobs, mostly in Madison with Tradesman International.
Smith represents one tiny bit of data in this area’s annual unemployment rate, a rate that likely will end the year at its lowest point in four years.
The annual rate for the Janesville-Beloit area is likely to be lower than in 2009, 2010 or 2011, even though unemployment ticked up from October to November, 7.1 percent to 7.7 percent.
The state released November’s statistics Thursday.
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Dec 28, 2012 at 7:07 p.m.
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Walker forgot to count all the jobs he saved like Obama did. That should have covered the 250,000 right there
Dec 28, 2012 at 6:25 p.m.
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"The democrats ate my jobs plan."
Dec 28, 2012 at 5:59 p.m.
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Right from ScottWalker.org "If you elect me as your next Governor, I’ll get government out of the way and lower the tax burden so Wisconsin business owners and factories can create 250,000 jobs and 10,000 businesses in our state by 2015,” said Walker to the group of over 800 business owners and community leaders. “Unlike my opponents, I believe that people create jobs, not government,” Walker concluded. “By enacting my plan, we will be able to get government out of the way of employers big and small who will then help Wisconsin create 250,000 jobs by 2015, and as we create those new jobs, we will be able to add 10,000 new businesses.”
Scott Walker and his Republican lemmings have had full control of our state for the last two years. What ever Walker has been trying to do has not worked. Democrats have not mattered. You cannot blame it on them they are powerless. As I recall Walker also said businesses weren't hiring because of the uncertainty of his pending Recall. That is over and still no jobs. Spin it how ever you want. His governship is a big steaming turd.
Dec 28, 2012 at 5:47 p.m.
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Play on words?? Nice,it takes all kinds..nina
Dec 28, 2012 at 3:21 p.m.
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Walker probably thought democrats would work with him to create jobs for Wisconsin workers.
Dec 28, 2012 at 3:09 p.m.
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ninja11, that is true however even mentioning that as a goal he should have known better it would bite him.
Dec 28, 2012 at 2:15 p.m.
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Walker never promised he would create those 250,000, He said that was his goal.....
Dec 28, 2012 at 2:12 p.m.
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For all the brainstems that keep going back to Walkers bad idea promise of 'creating 250,000 jobs by 2015" are you as militant about holding Obama's claim that the unemployment rate would never go above 8% on his watch? Neither party has a monopoly on making ridiculous claims they cannot back up, so why the partisan clowns keep using it as rhetoric to prove absolutely no point is beyond me.
Dec 28, 2012 at 11:45 a.m.
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Janesville-Beloit is still short 9000 jobs from 2008.The story in the paper today explained it, this is the watered down version.In 2008 30,000 plus were working,now 2012 there is 21,000.Scotty needs to get some of the jobs here that he promised.
Dec 28, 2012 at 9:51 a.m.
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Hey, 1 guy is getting work, 78 won't anymore. There's some political math in there to be had.
Dec 28, 2012 at 8:41 a.m.
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I love how the gazette posts this 3 stories above the story about Waukesha losing 78 jobs.
Dec 28, 2012 at 8:31 a.m.
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It's Walker's fault
Dec 28, 2012 at 7:58 a.m.
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Nice to see some positive news.
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