The perils of long-term unemployment
Posted October 4th, 2009 by editorAlarming as the climb in unemployment is, the growing duration of joblessness is more worrying still.
Americas army of long-term unemployed ? those without work for six months or more ? swelled to 5.4 million, according to todays figures.This is roughly equal to the combined populations of Los Angeles, San Diego and Sacramento.
Source:http://blogs.reuters.com/columns/2009/10/02/the-perils-of-long-term-unemployment/
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