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May 22, 2023
ABD Extra

Economic Update: ABD Extra Conference and Expo Edition

In this week’s economic update, we take a look at the employee recruitment and retention panel discussion from ABD’s Conference and Expo last week! Darin Myers, who is co-owner of TAB CSRA, speaks about interviewing job candidates and creating company values. This panel was moderated by Mike Petchenik who creates the weekly Georgia Business Minutes and other media for Augusta Business Daily.

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Georgia Business Minute: Just doing our jobs

That’s right. A record number of Georgians are employed. Though the CSRA has fallen short according to recent employment statistics, unemployment reports have remained steady for the ninth month throughout the Peach State. Mike Petchenik reports from Atlanta with the latest on this and other stories in this week’s Georgia Business Minute.

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Simon Says: Looking at the labor market

The Augusta Metropolitan Statistical Area had the worst labor market over the last year of all metro areas in the state of Georgia. The Labor Market Index (LMI) for Augusta fell 0.4 percent from March 2022 through March 2023. Only Hinesville and Warner Robins also saw declining LMIs. The Georgia LMI grew by 0.9 percent over the past year. Columbus had the best labor market over the last year. Across the state, employment increased by 2.8 percent, or 133,400 jobs over the last year. By contrast, Augusta lost 1,100 jobs

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