CONYERS - The unemployment rate in Rockdale has been steadily going down and a new program hopes to help continue that trend by putting people to work. Rockdale Works, a workplace fundamental certification program, graduated its first class of students May 13. Out of the six students who graduated - Austin Gizzard, Pavel Warren, Gail Pemberton, Lacretia Usher, Carl Morris, Hilda Lau - four have already found jobs in the manufacturing, healthcare and government fields.