Faces of a jobless recovery

() For Lisa Hall, this is what 10.2 percent unemployment looks like: spending all day at shopping malls going from one store to another in search of a $10-an-hour job, but being constantly told that no one is hiring. For M&M Appliance in Northwest Full Story »

Posted by Derek Hawkins - via Peter Daou, Washington Post , NewsRack (Recession)
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Posted by: via Peter Daou - Nov 6, 2009 - 8:32 PM PST
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by Derek Hawkins - Nov. 7, 2009

Well reported with good sourcing. This covers a spread of job sectors where hiring has slowed since the recession to give a picture of the "faces of jobless recovery" that's not too deep but broad.

The few companies in hiring mode are flooded with applications: General Electric received 10,000 online applications for 90 $13-an-hour positions assembling washing ... More »

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