Jobless rates drop again in Clark, Champaign counties

Clark County unemployment rates dropped again last month, this time by seven-tenths of a percent, and unemployment is down almost a full point compared to this time last year.

Ohio Department of Job and Family Services released its April data and it found the Clark county’s unemployment rate at 4.1 percent. Clark County’s unemployment rate was 4.9 percent in April of 2016.

The numbers came out the same day the Chamber of Greater Springfield and OhioMeansJobs-Clark County hosted a job fair with about 60 employers at the Hollenbeck-Bayley Conference Center in downtown Springfield.

Amy Donahoe, director of workforce development at the Chamber, was excited by the turnout and range of industries.

“Manufacturing, health care, retail, social services — just a really wide variety of opportunities,” she said.

Many business leaders said they had positions open in Springfield that they wanted to fill now.

“This is our busy time of the year,” Speedway representative Sara Morefield said. “Our hours start going up around this time and we are looking mainly for management candidates and cashiers for our stores.”

Good organizational and communication skills are essential for a successful career at Speedway, which is based in Enon, Morefield said.

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