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Mike Switzer interviews Kinya Curry, area manager for Roper Staffing in Columbia, SC.

Mike Switzer interviews Kinya Curry, area manager for Roper Staffing in Columbia, SC.

Jason Thomas, executive editor of SCBizNews, shares fresh info on new jobs investments across the state, job cuts in the Upstate, and the economic impact of SC’s only gold mine.

Jason Thomas, executive editor of SCBizNews, shares fresh info on new jobs investments across the state, job cuts in the Upstate, and the economic impact of SC’s only gold mine.

Today's guest says that South Carolina started 2025 with over 1,000 unfilled teaching positions.

Today's guest says that South Carolina started 2025 with over 1,000 unfilled teaching positions.

Due to rapid population growth, a new record of 2,443,080 people are employed in South Carolina; February's unemployment rate shows the state's job market is absorbing many of those new labor entrants into our state’s workforce.

With the labor market still tight, Mike Switzer was surprised to learn that his guest was having trouble finding employment opportunities for her college interns.

With the labor market still tight, Mike Switzer was surprised to learn that his guest was having trouble finding employment opportunities for her college interns.

The extent to which companies could still require workers to show up to work during events like Hurricane Helene has been challenging in our state’s “employment at will” environment.