U.S. Job Seekers Exceed Openings by Record Ratio

Despite signs that the economy has resumed growing, unemployed Americans now outnumber openings by six to one, the worst ratio since the government began tracking open positions in 2000. Full Story »

Posted by Kaizar Campwala - via Peter Daou, NewsRack (Recession)
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Subjects: Business, U.S., World
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Posted by: via Peter Daou - Sep 26, 2009 - 4:28 PM PDT
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Edited by: Kaizar Campwala - Sep 27, 2009 - 9:50 AM PDT

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by Fabrice Florin - Sep. 27, 2009

Informative overview of the latest U.S. unemployment figures, which suggest that job opportunities are shrinking. This short article provides factual information and helpful context, citing a number of credible sources, as well as showing the perspective from jobless and employers alike.

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by Mike LaBonte - Sep. 27, 2009

Plenty of viewpoints here, nice job on that. The graphic is good, but it does not precisely identify which BLS data it is using.

Hmmm ... Cisco mentioned "slow hiring" but not having 3 layoffs in one year.

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by Kaizar Campwala - Sep. 27, 2009
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by Krista Kelley - Sep. 28, 2009

This article is an eye-opener. It is extremely informative and well written. It applies to so many people letting them know they are not alone in their up-hill battle.

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by emaa - Sep. 28, 2009

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