Long Island Job Market Still Struggling After Sandy

Ed Lynch Friday, December 21, 2012

The Superstorm named Sandy, that struck Long Island back in October, is still wreacking havoc upon the communities that dot the island. For the first time in 2 1/2 years, the numbers for the job market within Long Island has dropped. The damage from the storm, coupled with the current rise in unemployment and unavailability of jobs nationally, Long Island workers are having to face very difficult questions.

Even with the numbers of the Jobs Express website, there is still a giant gap in the overall jobs market. Here on Long Island there were 8,100 fewer jobs last month than a year earlier, the state Labor Department reported yesterday. The year-over-year decline was the first since March 2010. The loss of three tenths of a percent of the Island's jobs left about 1.3 million people employed here last month.

Hurricane Sandy, while it is gone now, continues to leave a devastating imprint. These are especially evident in a comparison of October to November. Nongovernment employment on the Island fell by 5,100 in the month-over-month period, said labor department analyst Shital Patel. A seasonal gain of 3,900 is more common from October to November.

For those who are still looking for work on Long Island may have to extend their search off the island. In almost every sector the numbers have declined except for in other parts of the state. These parts of the state that were not severely damaged by the storm.

Edwardl@longislandyellowpages.com

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