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Show Transcript I would say, 90% of the time. Um, when I apply for jobs, I don t hear anything. I don t get a call for an interview. I don t get a rejection. I don t get you hear absolutely nothing. You know I have. I have 30 years experience with a lot of different skill sets. And, you know, I think I think the pool of people I mean, there s a lot of unemployment. And so the pool of people, you know, it may have been before where, maybe you were one of 10 candidates. Now you re probably one of 50. And to stand out or to you know it, you know, it s just discouraging. You got to keep telling yourself that there s a lot of people that have it worse than you do, unfortunately, and that you know something something will happen, whether it s today or tomorrow or next week or next m
Report: US jobless claims jump to 853,000 amid resurgence of virus
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WASHINGTON (AP) The number of people applying for unemployment aid jumped last week to 853,000, the most since September, evidence that companies are cutting more jobs as new virus cases spiral higher.
The Labor Department said Thursday that the number of applications increased from 716,000 the previous week. Before the coronavirus paralyzed the economy in March, weekly jobless claims typically numbered only about 225,000.
The latest figures coincide with a surging viral outbreak that appears to be weakening the job market and the economy and threatening to derail any recovery. Consumers thus far haven’t spent as much this holiday shopping season as they have in previous years, according to credit and debit card data. And in November, employers added