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Long-term unemployed numbers continue to grow

More than six million Americans are long-term unemployed – out of work for 27 weeks or more – and the average length of unemployment continues to grow. Elaine Quijano reports on the exhausting struggle to find a job.

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American unemployed looking abroad for jobs

Tony Guida profiles Kevin O’Neill, a New Jersey construction manager who was forced to take his business abroad to Dubai after the financial crisis shut everything down.

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Job frustration growing for unemployed in US

Ben Tracy speaks to unemployed workers at the Congressional Black Cacucus’ job fair in Los Angeles about their frustrations over the job market and what the government is doing to solve the problem.

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1 Million Jobs to Disappear

60 years. Only a handful of sectors have added jobs: education, health care and government. The people on the front lines of the job search know firsthand just how bad it really is. In New York City, where 6.6 percent … Continue reading

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