[dawn53]

Let's see, my UPS guy had a temp worker with him to help over Christmas.

So that's 1 of the 1000.

I have a hard time believing the numbers too, unless, these temp workers aren't included, or they got their jobs in November.

Traditional businesses, other than retail, have never done alot of hiring in December.

[lelio]

They 1000 are net new jobs, which they should stress in articles. So if Company A lays of 10 while Company B hires 11 that's a +1 net job growth.

Also keep in mind that we have to add around 120k new net jobs a month just to keep up with the increase in the labor pool. So while a +1000 number is incredibly bad, keep in mind that means 119k couldn't find a job.