More jobs were lost last month while the Reno unemployment rate continued to increase.
During July, the Reno-Sparks area saw its unemployment rate increase from 11.8 percent to 12.2 percent. This is higher than the unemployment rate of 6.7 percent the area saw last year and higher than the national unemployment rate of 9.4 percent. The […]

If you were looking for a Nevada job last month, you probably didn’t have very much luck, as the state’s unemployment rate continued to increase and more jobs were lost.
During July, Nevada saw its unemployment rate increase from 11.9 percent to 12.5 percent, which is higher than the national unemployment rate of 9.4 percent. The […]

While the economy has caused many industries to suffer, the State of Nevada has seen some benefit from the recession, as it seems to have stabilized Nevada government jobs.
As of the fiscal year that ended June 30, the percentage of employees within state agencies either leaving or changing their jobs came in at 17 percent, […]

A large investment from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act that is focused on energy projects will help create many new jobs, particularly Nevada construction jobs.
it was recently announced that the U.S. Department of Energy will give Nevada $13,885,600 of a $34,714,000 funding round from the federal economic stimulus. This accounts for 40 percent of […]