By Brianna Bailey, Business WriterEDMOND — The Oklahoma City metro area has one of the lowest unemployment rates in the nation, but 23-year-old Edmond resident Brandon Kobs has struggled to find permanent work after graduating with a degree in strategic communications from Oklahoma State University last year. “There’s just not any jobs at creative firms, especially when there are so many talented freelancers out there they can go to when they need work done,” Kobs said. Skilled in video production, graphic design and animation, Kobs decided to strike out on his own doing freelance design jobs after the small, family-owned firm he landed a job with after college ran into financial problems and left him without work. So far, work has been slow and Kobs swings between classifying himself as underemployed or between jobs. Kobs has been on a few job interviews, but interest in his resume has mostly come from commissioned sales jobs or network-based marketing companies. Although Oklahoma’s economy is strong, some Oklahoman still struggle to find full-time work and are considered underemployed — or working part-time while seeking a full-time position. Underemployed Although Oklahoma’s statewide unemployment rate has hovered around 5 percent over the past year — a figure many economists consider full employment, not all of those workers are working full-time. For the 12 months ending in July 2014, there were 55,700 Oklahomans who were working part-time hours for “economic reasons” out of a workforce of about 1.68 million, according to U.S.
Thousands Of Oklahomans “underemployed”
NewsOK.com RSS - business, Daily Oklahoman: Business
Fri, 08/29/2014 - 8:31pm
Topics: brianna bailey business writeredmond the oklahoma city brandon kobs oklahoma state university there s skilled underemployed oklahomans u.s census bureau u.s department i lynn gray oklahoma employment security commission the u.s bureau while oklahoma the temporary bob funk ceo oklahoma city-based express employment professionals newsok edmond oklahoma the kobs kobs there although oklahoma s oklahoman july labor gray work full-time part-time unemployment hours find working rate job jobs workers unemployed data percent people reasons full freelance year time week permanent design months long-term
BING NEWS:
- Why did some Oklahomans’ phones not get tornado warning alerts as storms neared?
Phone alerts are a way you can be aware of tornado warnings. But how do you get them? And is there a reason some people in your neighborhood do, but others don’t?
04/26/2024 - 12:38 pm | View Link - State housed German POWs during WWII | Only in Oklahoma
Oklahoma was half a continent and an ocean away from the front lines, but thousands of German soldiers spent much of World War II in Oklahoma.
04/26/2024 - 2:59 am | View Link - Severe storms could hit this weekend as Oklahomans celebrate art, music festivals
A chance of severe storms coincides with two of the biggest springtime events this weekend, the OKC Festival of the Arts and Norman Music Festival.
04/25/2024 - 11:04 pm | View Link - Ex-tabloid publisher testifies he scooped up possibly damaging tales to shield his old friend Trump
The former publisher of the National Enquirer testified at Donald Trump’s hush money trial about going to great lengths to help shield his old friend from potentially damaging stories. The ...
04/25/2024 - 10:00 am | View Link - Then and now: OKC projects from the 1980s that look an awful lot like projects today
Oklahomans who lived through the 1980s may be wondering if the flurry of big dream projects taking place now sound familiar. In some ways, these dreams are very, very familiar. THEN Seven Continents ...
04/25/2024 - 12:01 am | View Link - More
Welcome to Wopular
Wopular is an
online newspaper rack,
giving you a summary view of the top headlines from the top news sites.
Senh Duong (Founder)
Wopular,
MWB,
RottenTomatoes
MoviesWithButter : Our Sister Site
- "Expendables 4" Starts Shooting This Fall, Says Randy Couture at the Arnold Sports Festival more
- “Expendables 4” Gets Funding Interest from “Ip Man 3” Financier more
- "Ip Man 3" Distributor Suspected of Box Office Fraud, Parent Company Loses $200M in Market Cap more
- Yen Targets "Ip Man 4" for 2018 Release; Discusses Film with Director, Producer more
- "Ip Man 3" Shatters Expectations with $72M Opening [China Box Office] more