There are stories — legends, really — of the “steady job.” Old-timers gather graduates around the flickering light of a computer monitor and tell stories of how the company used to be, back when a job was for life, not just for the business cycle. … The graduates snicker. A steady job! They’ve never heard of such a thing.

Those unemployment figures do not include over 300 jobs lost in our Workforce Area 25, which includes the counties of Jefferson, Franklin, Perry, Jackson and Williamson.

There's always a high risk involved when you change jobs in this business. It's better to have tried than never tried at all, especially if what Gus is doing is in his heart. Whether it's Friday night in front of 5,000 people or Saturday night in front of 70,000, all your decisions are there for people to see and second guess. But that's the exciting part is to take on new challenges.

West Virginia is on the upswing, adding jobs and residents, pushing down the unemployment rate and making progress closing the per capita personal income gap.

Overall, while it is clear that the pace of jobs growth is moderating, we continue to believe that the unemployment rate will hold broadly steady around five per cent amid trend-like growth in the economy and employment.

It does not bode well for unemployment that, not only are more unemployed workers seeking jobs, but there also are fewer jobs to go around.