Long-Term Joblessness High in Georgia
Friday, April 15th, 2011
They get by with part-time jobs or loans from employed family members. They spend hours hunched over computers sending out resumes that go unanswered. They scurry along the networking treadmill, praying that a chance encounter will lead to apaycheck.
And, month after month, the long-term unemployed wonder if they’ll ever work again.
Jobless Americans who haven’t found work in at least 27 weeks, the federal tipping point for long-term unemployment, represent one of the more pernicious legacies of the Great Recession.
