And the other shoe drops
After last night's depressing story, now, I find this little nugget. I'd struggled to find a job when I graduated in December, and no one seemed to believe that finding a job was hard. Incredibly hard!
80,000 Jobs Cut in March; Unemployment Rate Rises
The economy shed 80,000 jobs in March, the third consecutive month of rising unemployment, presenting a stark sign that the country may already be in a recession. Sharp downturns in the manufacturing and construction sectors led the decline, the biggest in five years. The Labor Department also said employers cut far more jobs in January and February than originally estimated. There were fewer jobs in March than there had been five months earlier. In the last 50 years, whenever there has been an employment downturn like the one of the last few months, a recession has followed.