Sandra Gibson figures she could have done better. The manager of the Austin (Tex.) office of Granite Construction Inc. hired eight evacuees from Hurricane Katrina as construction workers at a Sept. 12 jobs fair organized by Goodwill Industries. But she still has about 45 jobs she wants to fill. "I was hoping for more applicants," says Gibson, who notes that fewer people than expected showed up at the fair. "We're in the middle of a construction boom. The demand [for workers] is very high."
Cross one worry -- getting a job -- off the checklist for many of the Katrina victims scattered across the country. Nationwide, the job market is solid: August's 4.9% unemployment rate is the lowest in four years and close to what economists reckon is full employment. And 62.9% of the working-age population had jobs in August -- the highest ratio of employment to population in nearly three years. [Read more - Business Week]
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