Nearly 33,000 Idaho residents filed for unemployment benefits last week as the Idaho economy continues shedding jobs at a record rate because of the coronavirus, state officials said Thursday.
It may come as a surprise to some people who may not have known about it, but there’s a program by the Idaho Department of Labor that helps formerly incarcerated veterans.
The Idaho Department of Labor says that veterans can now find jobs and training opportunities related to their military skills and service by going online to a new job portal.
Best Places to Work in Idaho, a program that identifies and promotes Idaho’s top employers, recently released its lists of best places to work in 2019.
Idaho’s seasonally adjusted unemployment rate for March came in at 2.9 percent, unchanged from February and the 16th consecutive month it has remained at or below 3 percent.