News Talk 94.1/AM 1600 Where The Upper Cumberland Talks
Gov. Bill Haslam announced Tennessee has historic low unemployment, but there may be more behind the numbers.
Haslam said June’s statewide unemployment was 3.6 percent, the lowest in state history.
Crossville-Cumberland County Chamber of Commerce CEO Brad Allamong said that number doesn’t include people who have left the workforce, stopped looking for work or maybe have a part time job and want a full time job.
“There’s a lot of things that go into this equation, I think that’s a good number, I don’t doubt it, but I don’t know if it’s picking up all the folks that are hidden,” Allamong said.
The Cumberland Chamber completed a workforce study in May that showed many of those looking for employment in Cumberland County and the 9 counties that surround it are employed part time but want full time work.
