Workers, Jobless Increase in Area
Because of seasonal trends, the number of job holders in the Washington metropolitan area increased by 5,700 from October to November, although unemployment also edged upward by 0.2 per cent for the same period, according to government figure.</br></br>The D.C. manpower administration said, in releasing the two-month employment study, that the increase in the number of jobs from 1,323,800 in October to 1,329,500 in November was due largely to temporary employees hired for the Christmas shopping season.</br></br>The month-to-month employ-' ment gain was slightly higher this year than the increase in jobs of 5,100 reported for October and November in 1971.	'</br></br>The number of unemployed in the metropolitan area rose from 36,600 in October to 39,-500 in November, the report stated.	i</br></br>The manpower administration report said the rise in the number of jobless was also at-j tributable to seasonal factors.