BUSINESS BRIEFS — New mortgage loan processor hired in Sequim . . . and other items

Published 12:01 am Thursday, December 18, 2014

SEQUIM — Jessica Kelly is now serving as senior mortgage loan processor at Cherry Creek Mortgage Co.

Kelly has extensive experience processing different types of mortgage loans, most recently with a major national lender, according to a news release.

She can be reached at the Sequim Cherry Creek office, at 564 N. Fifth Ave., by phone at 360-683-1515 or by email at JKelly@CCMCLending.com.

State jobless rate rises

OLYMPIA — The unemployment rate in Washington state has increased for the third month in a row.

The jobless rate for November was 6.2 percent, up from 6 percent in October, according to the latest report from the state’s Employment Security Department.

That increase comes despite an estimated 6,800 new jobs that were created from October to November, officials said.

Unemployment figures for Clallam and Jefferson counties are expected to be released Tuesday.

Industries that saw the biggest gains in November were construction, education and health services, and professional and business services.

Government saw the biggest job losses last month, followed by the leisure and hospitality sector.

The national unemployment rate for November was 5.8 percent.