In tough job market, some sectors still hiring
Quick ReadDespite a 7.4 percent unemployment rate on Long Island, there are still jobs out there.
Photo credit: Photo by James Carbone | Joanie Ruge, senior vice president at the staffing company Adecco, center, looks on as Cavelle Williams, left, of Wyandanch, applies for a job as she's helped by employee Sharon Hedlund.
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Green-collar jobs
This September - a year after Wall Street's catastrophic meltdown - has brought more dire news for local job seekers: Companies are still laying off more workers than they are hiring.
Long Island's job market peaked in August of last year, eight months after the federal market did, and began a steady descent into some of the highest job losses here since the defense downsizing of the 1990s.
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