Posted by by Lance Haun on July 14, 2009
Joel Cheesman posted a link on Facebook pointing to the increasingly depressing unemployment figures (and how they may actually be worse than the numbers show). Here in Oregon, unemployment went from 12.4% to 12.2%. Which I guess is… good? It may be a little too early to be giving each other high fives. Click on link for the rest of the story: http://www.linkedin.com/news?viewArticle=&articleID=50730424&gid=65531&articleURL=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.yourhrguy.com%2Flist-of-unemployment-resources%2F&urlhash=D2ur&trk=news_discuss
The number one factor accounting for double-digit increases in the average length of un-employment is the reliance on job boards.