Across the nation, unemployment claims total the most in United States history. State-by-state claimant counts are high as well.
In Missouri, the state had an unemployment rate of 4.5% in March, according to the U.S. Department of Labor.
In Buchanan County, the rate was 4.2%, just below the state average for the unemployed. But unemployment claims from February to March saw a jump from 130 to 1,958 claimants.
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Missouri Western State University has a Career Development Center aimed at helping students find a job after college, which already can be a hard task. The pandemic makes it even harder for recent graduates to find work.
“That is unfortunately true and I saw it primarily with a couple students that reached out to me,” Megan Raney, career development director at Missouri Western, said.“They said their internship programs were cancelled. Those part-time positions or temporary ones were the first to go, so obviously that hurts students.”
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