Who is getting hired???

Preliminary reports from the Congressional Black Caucus (CBC) five city job tour are being compiled at the same time the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) is about to release information on unemployment. "Although the government does not give a profile of WHO is getting hired, it does release data on the industries which are hiring," said Steven Rondone, economist at Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. Department of Labor.

Andy Phelan, media director with U.S. Rep. Hank Johnson's office, (D) 4th District, said although CBC officials are still compiling data, preliminary estimates show, "from the Atlanta job fair, one company hired more than 60 sales reps, AT&T hired an engineer and one sales rep. The information is still coming in at this time."

Phelan said participants at CBC job fairs included:
Los Angeles - 10,000
Cleveland - 3,200
Detroit - 4,200
Atlanta - 4,500
Miami - 5,500

According to BLS, "Persons are classified as unemployed if they do not have a job, have actively looked for work in the prior four weeks, and are currently available for work."

Being employed is defined as "the total number of persons on establishment payrolls employed full or part time who received pay for any part of the pay period that includes the 12th day of the month" and does not equate to being told you have been hired.

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