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Battling unemployment

Capital Gazette Communications
Published 08/02/09

It's a turbulent time for the local job market. The unemployment rate in Anne Arundel has more than doubled over the past two years, reaching 6.9 percent in June.

Joshua McKerrow — The Capital Kirkland Murray, president and CEO of the Anne Arundel Workforce Development Corp., said his agency helped more than 34,000 people between July 1, 2008 and June 30, 2009.
Kirkland Murray, President and CEO of Anne Arundel Workforce Development Corporation, shares his business know-how in this edition of Business Q&A. See related story.
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Meanwhile, Anne Arundel Workforce Development Corp. officials have seen the number of new registrants at their six "one-stop" employment centers jump 66 percent in the past year to 8,260 from 4,986.

Now, Kirkland Murray, president and chief executive officer of the organization, said his group is using $719,000 of federal stimulus money to take the "show out on the road" by launching new outreach efforts and programs to help local residents...

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