WARNER ROBINS, GA- The Robins Regional Chamber’s Small Business of the Month Committee presented Kristina Sarmer, Teller for Robins Federal Credit Union, with the Outstanding Employee Award for the month of June 2011.

“Kristina always provides outstanding customer service with a smile,” said Small Business of the Month chairman, Bruce Hullett.  “The people skills she possessed at her previous employer are one of the reasons she is where she is today.”

Hullett says that Kristina has been consistent in her great customer service skills and for this Sarmer was recognized by RFCU management personnel and contacted afterwards to seek her interest in a position with Robins Federal Credit Union.

The number of people with jobs in Macon increased since June of last year, according to new numbers from the Department of Labor.

In June 2010, 95,200 people were in employed in Macon. That number went up to 96,100 in June 2011.

In Warner Robins, the number of people working remained the same since last year, sitting at 60,400.

State Labor Commissioner Mark Butler says Georgia's seasonally adjusted unemployment rate rose to 9.9 percent in June, up one-tenth of a percentage point from a revised 9.8 percent in May.

The state's jobless rate was 10 percent in June a year ago. Butler said Thursday the end of the school year is a factor in the increase. He says non-contract school workers are usually laid off for the summer, and new graduates looking for jobs are considered unemployed.

Butler says there was an increase in construction jobs, and he says that's the industry he expects to lead a recovery.

Dublin City Schools still has a few pre-k spots left, their twitter page says.

DCS Pre-K begins Sept. 12.