INDIANAPOLIS — Indiana’s unemployment rate decreased by two-tenths of a percent to 4.2 percent in November, which marks its lowest point since 2001. The unemployment rate is a U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics indicator that reflects the number of unemployed people as a percentage of the labor force. Indiana’s total labor force stands at over …read more.

According to the Department of Workforce Development, Indiana added 1,700 private sector jobs in February, continuing a recent trend of increases. The state has experienced private sector job growth for 20 of the last 25 months. February’s gains were concentrated in the private, education and health services, leisure and hospitality and manufacturing sectors. Private sector …read more.

The Hoosier State gained 10,000 private sector jobs in June, with every major industry sector experiencing growth. Indiana’s private sector gains signified the largest June increase on record. Since July, 2009, the low point of employment in the state, Indiana’s private sector has expanded by 235,300 jobs. Manufacturing alone has accounted for 77,800 jobs, or …read more.

The Indiana Department of Work Force Development reports the seasonally-adjusted unemployment rate in the Hoosier State continued its significant downward trend in February. The rate stands at 6.1 percent, down from an initially reported 6.4 percent in January. The number of unemployed Hoosiers is less than 200,000 for the first time since August 2008. The …read more.

Indiana gained 25,300 private sector jobs in November, the largest one-month increase in the Hoosier State on record. The Indiana Department of Workforce Development announced that all employment sectors saw significant growth, with the exception of the leisure and hospitality sector, which was unchanged for the month. Employment sectors experiencing the largest increases in hiring …read more.

South Bend-based Fulton Industries Inc. has announced it will be closing its Rochester plant, ultimately putting 90 employees out of work. In a letter sent to Indiana Workforce Development’s Dislocated Worker Unit, the company blamed the decision on “unforeseeable business circumstances,” namely the loss of the company’s only customer. The first lay-offs will begin in …read more.

Indiana’s seasonally adjusted unemployment rate dropped by nearly one percentage point over the past three months to 7.5 percent. The decrease in unemployment in the Hoosier State signifies the largest three-month drop in more than 20 years (September 1993), according to Workforce Development. Indiana began the year with a rate of 8.6 percent and was …read more.

The Indiana Department of Workforce Development, the agency tasked with overseeing and issuing high school equivalency credentials and the related Indiana Adult Education program, today announced it will be seeking a new high school equivalency credential exam. The announcement comes as DWD officials and their counterparts from some 40 other states and the District of …read more.