COLUMBUS, Ohio -- Ohio's unemployment rate spiked again, reaching a high Ohioans haven't seen since 1985.
January's unemployment rate climbed to 8.8 percent in Ohio. Compare that to 5.7 percent of Ohioans who were unemployed at this time last year.
While many Central Ohio companies have shrunk workforces, some are hiring.
NBC 4's Tom Brockman has the BOTTOM LINE on which local company has open positions and whether you qualify for a job.
It's been a little more than a month since Battelle, the world's largest nonprofit research and development organization, announced it was expanding its work in Columbus, Dublin and West Jefferson.
The company planned to invest $200 million into the local economy, and it's an investment that will yield some 200 additional jobs during the next two years.
"We are fortunate that we're doing well and we're focused in growing our business," Patrick Gardner said.
Gardner, Battelle's director of recruiting, said while the company waits for completion on its expansion projects and those 200 jobs to come to fruition, it currently has more than 100 open positions -- as long as you have the right background.
"Most of them are going to have specific degrees in the sciences. So we're going to be focusing on folks that have degrees in biology, chemistry, engineering, chemical engineering, electrical engineering," Gardner said.
He said we might be in a recession now but the company looks forward to where it wants to be in 5, 10 years down the road and plans how to get there.
The answer for Battelle is expansion, and Gardner said it will pay off when the economy rebounds.
Click here for a list of available positions.
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