With the second best month of job growth in a decade, metro Atlanta’s unemployment rate dipped from 5.5 percent to 5.4 percent in October, the state labor department said. During the month, the metro area added 32,400 jobs – the most since February, 2011 — while the region’s jobless rate slid to its lowest level since the early days of the Great Recession in 2008. “Atlanta had a very good month in October for job growth,” said Mark Butler, state labor commissioner. “We are seeing very good growth in several sectors.” Among data indicating a strengthening market: the...
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