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Oregon Employment and Unemployment Situation - November, 2011
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11/16/2011
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Article Content Unemployment Insurance
Every indicator in the Unemployment Insurance Program continues to decline. The number of individuals filing initial claims, the total number of weeks claimed, and the number of individuals exhausting their benefits all fell.
The number of initial claims is down 9% from a year ago, while the number of weeks claimed is down 15% and exhaustions, 27%.
In addition, the amount of time an individual is on their regular 26-week claim is more than two weeks shorter than for this time in 2010.
Program
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Week Ending November 5, 2011
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Same Week 2010
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Initial Claims
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8,331
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11,506
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Individuals on Regular Claims
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56,240
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70,740
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Individuals on Emergency Unemployment Compensation (EUC)
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52,083
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66,694
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Individuals on Extended Benefits
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10,788
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14,845
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Total on all Unemployment Programs
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125,572
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160,954
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Unemployment Benefits Paid Out
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$34,607,706
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$47,870,139
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Unemployment Trust Fund Balance (in millions)
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$1,170.04
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$1,014.28
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Unemployment Extension Programs
Oregon has two Federal unemployment extension programs in place, the Emergency Unemployment Compensation (EUC) and Extended Benefits (EB). The number of individuals receiving these extension benefits is higher than the number receiving regular benefits.
The deadline to file new EUC claims is December 31, 2011. Payments on this program will be made through June of next year for individuals with remaining eligibility. The program consists of four tiers of benefits, each tier with a different number of weeks of eligibility. As of the end of the year, an individual on EUC will be allowed to finish out their current tier of benefits, but not move to the next tier.
The Oregon Employment Department is forecasting that Extended Benefits will end in December, 2011. Once this occurs, three more weeks of benefits will be paid. The final Extended Benefits payments are forecasted to be made in early January, 2012.
Approximately 500 individuals will exhaust all of their benefits each week until the end of the year. In January and February of 2012 there are more than 25,000 claimants expected to exhaust all of their available benefits as the extension programs come to an end.
Employment Services
WorkSource Oregon continues to work to provide tools and assistance to job seekers. As of November 15, 2011, WorkSource Oregon lists 6,716 job listings representing 12,832 job openings in its iMatchSkills system.
WorkSource Oregon Centers statewide offer a variety of services for the job seeker including assistance with resume writing, job search, skills training, and more. In addition, job seekers can learn about job fairs and other events online at www.WorkingInOregon.org.
Below is a listing of the top job openings by occupation and industry as listed in iMatchSkills.
Job Listings |
Occupational Title
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211 |
Retail Salespersons
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190 |
Customer Service Representatives
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184 |
Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers
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126 |
Registered Nurses
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118 |
First-Line Sup. of Food Prep. & Serving Workers
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117 |
Nursing Assistants
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108 |
Software Developers, Applications
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104 |
First-Line Supervisors of Retail Sales Workers
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91 |
Tellers
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89 |
Sales Representatives, Services, All Other
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Job Listings |
Occupational Group
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819 |
Office and Administrative Support
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721 |
Sales
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620 |
Management
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500 |
Computer and Mathematical
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413 |
Healthcare Practitioners and Technical
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412 |
Food Preparation and Serving
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388 |
Supervisory
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327 |
Transportation
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319 |
Business and Financial
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300 |
Architecture and Engineering
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