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Hundreds flock to job fair on hard-hit Kauai
By Associated Press
POSTED: 11:46 a.m. HST, Apr 30, 2009
PUHI >> A job fair on Kauai featuring 30 employers yesterday attracted hundreds of jobseekers in a sign of how hard the Garden Island has been hit by the recession.
Kauai’s jobless rate broke the double-digits in March, reaching 10.3 percent, the highest among Hawaii counties and well above the state average of 7.1 percent.
Kauai’s unemployment rate has more than tripled from last year, when it was 3.1 percent.
About 300 to 400 people turned out at the job fair at Kauai Community College. Many had lost their jobs because of the economic downturn.
Wayne Mukai of WorkWise Development, which helped host the event, estimates there are about 3,000 unemployed eligible workers on the island of about 60,000 residents. He says that doesn’t include the underemployed.
PUHI >> A job fair on Kauai featuring 30 employers yesterday attracted hundreds of jobseekers in a sign of how hard the Garden Island has been hit by the recession.
Kauai’s jobless rate broke the double-digits in March, reaching 10.3 percent, the highest among Hawaii counties and well above the state average of 7.1 percent.
Kauai’s unemployment rate has more than tripled from last year, when it was 3.1 percent.
About 300 to 400 people turned out at the job fair at Kauai Community College. Many had lost their jobs because of the economic downturn.
Wayne Mukai of WorkWise Development, which helped host the event, estimates there are about 3,000 unemployed eligible workers on the island of about 60,000 residents. He says that doesn’t include the underemployed.
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