Unemployment soars to 5.5%

Courtesy Topix - Business News  Fri, 06/06/2008 - 08:44

The unemployment rate took its biggest jump in more than two decades in May as employers once again cut jobs from U.S. payrolls, according to a government report Friday, showing a job market weaker than ...

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unemployment

Submitted by susan (not verified) on Fri, 06/06/2008 - 11:48.

Unemployemnt is up but you are not a statistic and there are still thousands of 150K, 100K and 75K jobs offered. Try these sites:

http://www.realmatch.com
http://www.monster.com
http://www.careerbuilder.com

There is always hope if you TRY!

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