Feb Unemployment Rate Ties Record Low

March 29th, 2023|0 Comments

(Montgomery) Governor Kay Ivey announced today that Alabama’s preliminary, seasonally adjusted February unemployment rate is 2.5%, tying the all-time record low, down from January 2023’s rate of 2.6%, and below February 2022’s rate of [...]

November Unemployment Steady at 2.7%

December 16th, 2022|0 Comments

December 16, 2022 - Alabama’s preliminary, seasonally adjusted November unemployment rate is 2.7%, unchanged from October, and below November 2021’s rate of 3.1%. November’s rate represents 63,043 unemployed persons, compared to 61,721 in and [...]

October Unemployment Rate at 2.7%

November 25th, 2022|0 Comments

MONTGOMERY – Governor Kay Ivey on Friday (11/18/2022) announced that Alabama’s preliminary, seasonally adjusted October unemployment rate is 2.7%, up slightly from September’s rate of 2.6% and below October 2021’s rate of 3.1%. October’s rate [...]

EQWIP 2022 Recap

November 1st, 2022|0 Comments

(October 10, 2022) Teachers from all over Etowah County participated in a different kind of field trip on Monday, October 10. The Chamber of Gadsden and Etowah County, along with East AlabamaWorks, Gadsden State [...]

September Unemployment Holds at 3.1%

October 22nd, 2021|0 Comments

October 22, 2021 MONTGOMERY – Alabama Department of Labor Secretary Fitzgerald Washington announced today that Alabama’s preliminary, seasonally adjusted September unemployment rate is 3.1%, unchanged from August, and well below September 2020’s rate of [...]

Heflin Hiring Fair Photo Gallery

October 1st, 2021|0 Comments

East AlabamaWorks was happy to collaborate with the Heflin Industrial Development Board, the Cleburne County Chamber of Commerce, and the Anniston Career Center for a hiring fair for Heflin and Cleburne County residents. The [...]

Regional CTE Conference A Success!

July 26th, 2021|0 Comments

(Oxford, AL) – Career Technical Educators from all around the East AlabamaWorks workforce region (Alabama Workforce Region 2) converged on Oxford, Alabama last week for the 2021 Career Tech Educators Conference. East AlabamaWorks is [...]

Regional Workforce Profiles Released

January 13th, 2021|0 Comments

MONTGOMERY, Ala – (January 12, 2021) Under the leadership of Governor Kay Ivey, Alabama set the ambitious attainment goal of adding 500,000 credentialed Alabamians to the labor force, surpassing the national labor force participation [...]

Alabama Unemployment Continues to Decline

December 18th, 2020|0 Comments

MONTGOMERY – Alabama Department of Labor Secretary Fitzgerald Washington announced today that Alabama’s preliminary, seasonally adjusted November unemployment rate is 4.4%, down from October’s revised rate of 5.7%, and above November 2019’s rate of [...]

October Unemployment Rates Drops to 5.8%

November 20th, 2020|0 Comments

MONTGOMERY – Alabama Department of Labor Secretary Fitzgerald Washington announced today that Alabama’s preliminary, seasonally adjusted October unemployment rate is 5.8%, down from September’s revised rate of 6.7%, and above October 2019’s rate of [...]

March Unemployment Rate Comes in at 3.5%

April 17th, 2020|0 Comments

April 17, 2020 MONTGOMERY – Alabama Department of Labor Secretary Fitzgerald Washington announced today that Alabama’s preliminary, seasonally adjusted March unemployment rate is 3.5%, up from February’s record low level of 2.7%, and above March 2019’s rate of 3.3%.  March’s [...]

How FAME is Filling the Workforce Gap

October 28th, 2019|0 Comments

By Lisa Morales, Director, East AlabamaWorks The critical functions of many manufacturing companies are controlled by industrial automation professionals.  If there is a disruption of service in any of the high-tech, computer controlled systems, [...]

Alabama Sets Another Unemployment Record

October 18th, 2019|0 Comments

For Immediate Release: October 18, 2019 Alabama Reaches a New Record Low Unemployment Rate of 3.0% MONTGOMERY – Alabama Department of Labor Secretary Fitzgerald Washington announced today that Alabama’s preliminary, seasonally adjusted September unemployment rate [...]

East Alabama FAME Holds Signing Day

August 8th, 2019|0 Comments

(August 6, 2019) The East Alabama FAME program welcomed sixteen students into its inaugural Industrial Automation Technology program at Gadsden State Community College. The students were chosen following a rigorous interview and selection process. [...]

HIRED Program Holds Graduation

July 1st, 2019|0 Comments

Attalla - Etowah County's HIRED program recently held a graduation at Etowah High School. Five students graduated from the program which helps high school dropouts continue their education and earn their high school diploma [...]

What Is East AlabamaWorks?

October 19th, 2018|0 Comments

(October 2018) East AlabamaWorks (EAW) is a not-for-profit organization that represents the state’s Alabama Workforce Council in Region 2 (Calhoun, Cherokee, Clay, Cleburne, Etowah, Randolph, and Talladega counties). The mission of East AlabamaWorks is [...]

AIDT Leadership Skills Training

June 20th, 2018|0 Comments

Alabama Industrial Development Training regularly provides free Leadership Skills Training courses at locations throughout Alabama.  The courses are designed to help employers develop worker who can move into new supervisory or management positions.  Most [...]