ARTICLE
After nearly two years of unemployment, Paul Bunting believes his luck has finally turned, as it has recently for many Lehigh Valley job seekers benefiting from the region's improving economic fortunes. The 61-year-old Lower Nazareth Township resident, a database developer who worked as an independent contractor after a quarter century with AT&T, landed a job in May with DataWorks International in Bethlehem. "I really enjoy what I'm doing, so I want to do it as long as I can," said Bunting, explaining why he didn't want to give in to early retirement. The Lehigh Valley's unemployment rate in July remained below 6 percent for a second month in a row, according to data released Tuesday by the state Department of Labor and Industry. The last time the rate was so low was September 2008, in the midst of the Great Recession. Click here to read the full article.
After nearly two years of unemployment, Paul Bunting believes his luck has finally turned, as it has recently for many Lehigh Valley job seekers benefiting from the region's improving economic fortunes.
The 61-year-old Lower Nazareth Township resident, a database developer who worked as an independent contractor after a quarter century with AT&T, landed a job in May with DataWorks International in Bethlehem.
"I really enjoy what I'm doing, so I want to do it as long as I can," said Bunting, explaining why he didn't want to give in to early retirement.
The Lehigh Valley's unemployment rate in July remained below 6 percent for a second month in a row, according to data released Tuesday by the state Department of Labor and Industry. The last time the rate was so low was September 2008, in the midst of the Great Recession.
Click here to read the full article.