Think the worst is over? Wrong. Conditions in the U.S. labor markets are awful and worsening. We can expect that job losses will continue until the end of 2010 at the earliest. In other words, if you are unemployed and looking for work and just waiting for the economy to turn the corner, you had better hunker down. All the economic numbers suggest this will take a while. The jobs just are not coming back. Words: 536

Most everyone hopes their current job will lead to bigger and better positions but if, along the way, you experience any one of the ten signs discussed in this article then it's time to look elsewhere for such opportunities. Words: 710

The December jobs report (unemployment rate of 10%) has doused the hope that we were at the beginning of a sustained economic recovery. Unemployment, in short, has graduated from being a difficulty, a worry, to a catastrophe, with some 15.3 million Americans out of work. Words: 1098

Robust economies utilize all spare capacity, or restructure it for better use. Having 17% of our able-bodied population sitting at home or working part-time at Cinnabon indicates that our present policies are weakening the economy — even if GDP is growing. There is no “jobless recovery,” only senseless cheerleading. Words: 699