U.S. Job Seekers Exceed Openings by Record Ratio

New York Times by Peter S. Goodman | Sep. 27, 2009 (News Report)

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 »

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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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