Table
48
Employment
Service Agency
|
|
|
Job
Seekers
|
Job
Openings
|
#
Referred
|
Entered
Employ.
|
#
Counseled
|
#
Tested
|
U.C.
Initial Claims
|
Unemploy
Rate
|
|
1995
|
N. E. Region
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
State
|
732,123
|
159,309
|
147,340
|
90,530
|
17,368
|
15,460
|
784,759
|
5.3
|
|
1996
|
N. E. Region
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
9.4
|
|
State
|
655,163
|
129,311
|
116,519
|
67,553
|
21,128
|
17,019
|
856,115
|
4.9
|
|
1997
|
N. E. Region
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
State
|
486,711
|
104,805
|
81,699
|
41,872
|
14,392
|
14,867
|
696,771
|
4.2
|
|
1998
|
N. E. Region
|
15,311
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
7.7
|
|
State
|
389,709
|
97,562
|
50,653
|
25,628
|
5,605
|
6,021
|
784,765
|
3.9
|
|
1999
|
N. E. Region
|
19,530
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
State
|
493,040
|
105,450
|
43,135
|
93,259
|
7,954
|
846
|
629,591
|
3.8
|
Source:
Employment Services Agency. |