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Workforce Services praises low unemployment, outlines training and placement efforts
PUBLIC HEALTH, WELFARE AND LABOR COMMITTEE - SENATE · January 23, 2019
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Daryl Bassett told the committee Arkansas’ unemployment rate is 3.6%, detailed DWS programs including apprenticeships and mobile workforce centers, and said the Arkansas Works employment initiative has placed about 6,800 people into jobs.
Daryl Bassett, director of the Arkansas Department of Workforce Services, briefed the Senate committee on the agency’s programs and labor market work.
Bassett said Arkansas’ unemployment rate is 3.6% and described DWS operations: 33…
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