Posted on 10/09/2009 10:18:59 PM PDT by TigerLikesRooster
Job competition toughest since recession began
By CHRISTOPHER S. RUGABER, AP Economics Writer
Fri Oct 9, 8:03 pm ET
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There are about 6.3 unemployed workers competing, on average, for each job opening, a Labor Department report shows. That's the most since the department began tracking job openings nine years ago, and up from only 1.7 workers when the recession began in December 2007.
The highest point after the 2001 recession was 2.8 workers per opening in July 2003, as the economy suffered through a jobless recovery.
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Ping!
I guess they didn’t hear about the recovery.
6.3 green shoots for every pot!
No problem, next years tax increase will cure this...
Huh? Wait a minute - according to every media outlet in America, Obama’s fixed the economy and we’re on the high road to recovery...
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