The job market is no longer making progress, and it still has a huge deficit to make up.
Category: Unemployment
Older Job-Seekers More Willing to Take a Pay Cut
According to a new survey of the unemployed, 77 percent of older workers said they’d be willing to take a pay cut, whereas just 64 percent of their younger peers would do so.
Five Jobless Workers Per Opening in September
The ratio rose slightly from August but has generally been trending downward since the recession ended in June 2009, according to a Labor Department report.
Yes, A Recovery Did Begin
The economy was in recovery in early 2010. But then the progress stopped.
Yes, a Recovery Did Begin
The economy was in recovery in early 2010. But then the progress stopped.
Comparing Recoveries: Job Changes
A look at how the recent recession and ongoing recovery match up to previous ones.
What Should You Have to Sacrifice to Get a Job?
What Americans think about the sacrifices unemployed workers should be willing to make when considering their employment options.
What Should You Have to Sacrifice to Get a Job?
What Americans think about the sacrifices unemployed workers should be willing to make when considering their employment options.
Grim News for Those Out of Job Market
Those workers who were not even counted in the official unemployment rate fared uniformly worse in September.
Comparing Recessions: Job Recovery
Since the downturn began in December 2007, the economy has shed, on net, about 5.6 percent of its nonfarm payroll jobs.