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Oregonâs Unemployment Insurance and Employment Services Situation, October 2011
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10/18/2011
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Article Content CONTACT: Craig Spivey
Oregon Employment Department
503-947-1303
craig.c.spivey@state.or.us
Unemployment Insurance
The number of Oregonians on the unemployment insurance benefits rolls continues to shrink. The number of individuals drawing regular unemployment claims is down 24% from this time last year, and the total number receiving any type of benefit has dropped 29%.
The state’s unemployment insurance trust fund for the ninth consecutive week has registered more than $1 billion. Oregon’s self-balancing trust fund has helped the state weather one of the strongest recessions on record. Across the country, since 2007, 36 states have borrowed money from the Federal Government in order to cover its unemployment insurance benefits obligation.
Oregon continues to pay on two unemployment extension programs, Emergency Unemployment Compensation (EUC) and Extended Benefits (EB). The EUC program is scheduled to sunset at the end of the year, and it is projected that Oregon will “trigger off” of the EB program at roughly the same time. Roughly 500 individuals per week are currently exhausting all unemployment insurance benefits. Many of these individuals have collected benefits for close to two years.
Program
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Week Ending Oct. 8 2011
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Same Week 2010
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Initial Claims
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7,609
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8,784
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Individuals on Regular Claims
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50,467
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62,644
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Individuals on Emergency Unemployment Compensation (EUC)
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52,640
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68,096
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Individuals on Extended Benefits
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11,163
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15,817
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Total on all Unemployment Programs
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120,033
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154,433
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Unemployment Benefits Paid Out
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$33,237,538
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$47,773,997
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Unemployment Trust Fund Balance (in millions)
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$1,039.52
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$921.88
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Employment Services
WorkSource Oregon continues to work to provide tools and assistance to job seekers. As of October 15, 2011, WorkSource Oregon lists 7,523 job listings representing 13,392 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 |
Occupation
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272 |
Retail Salespersons
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221 |
Heavy & Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers
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216 |
Registered Nurses
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177 |
Customer Service Representatives
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149 |
First-Line Sup. of Food Prep. & Serving Workers
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142 |
Nursing Assistants
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130 |
Software Developers, Applications
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127 |
Tellers
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118 |
First-Line Sup. of Retail Sales Workers
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110 |
Sales Rep. Services, All Other
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Job Listings
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Industry
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831 |
Office and Administrative Support
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830 |
Sales
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622 |
Computer and Mathematical
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595 |
Management
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547 |
Healthcare Practitioners and Technical
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451 |
Food Preparation and Serving
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414 |
Supervisory
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388 |
Business and Financial
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376 |
Transportation
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310 |
Healthcare Support
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