Spartanburg Area Regional Transit Agency (SPARTA) will be hosting a fair to help the unemployed on Friday October 9th. The goal of this event is to provide resources for those in Spartanburg who are searching for employment or want to further their education.

Red Venture LLC will move their operations to South Carolina according to Governor Sanford’s Office. The announcement touts 1,000 “new, high-paying jobs” for Lancaster County.

Jetline, a supplier of customized promotional products, will locate a new facility in Gaffney. The company president tells News Channel 7 they will add 100 jobs over the next three months and up to 400 in the next five years.

Governor Mark Sanford will be in Gaffney Tuesday to announce a new business coming to the area.

Officials expect to announce next month where residents in the area will be able to apply for one of more than 1,100 census-taker positions, according to our coverage partners at the Anderson Independent-Mail.

South Carolina businesses might have to pay more for each employee over the next couple of years to rebuild the state unemployment benefit fund.

Officials say a manufacturer of disposable baby diapers is moving into a former South Carolina textile plant, creating 260 jobs in a rural county suffering from high unemployment.

Dalkotech has announced it will locate a new facility in Newberry County. The company plans to begin the hiring process in mid October to fill positions such as welders, robot programmers and machinists.

South Carolina’s unemployment rate decreased to 11.5% in August, the State Employment Security Commission reported Friday.

News Channel 7 has confirmed a joint cooperative effort between Milliken and Company and Sage Automotive Interiors will secure nearly 1,000 jobs in the Upstate.

Gov. Mark Sanford visited Swansea High to learn more about its successful Jobs for America’s Graduates program. He also answered our questions about what he’s doing about the state’s high unemployment rate.

The Reverend Jesse Jackson has told a South Carolina audience that the federal bailout has failed to create jobs in America.

Many Americans don’t have much to celebrate this Labor Day as they find themselves unemployed.

The unemployment rate jumped to 9.7 percent in August, the highest since June 1983, as employers eliminated a net total of 216,000 jobs.

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