the economy added more than 100,000 jobs last month, and the unemployment rate fell sharply. now, we know these numbers can bounce around from month to moshgs but the trend is clear. we saw 12 straight months of private sector job growth. that s the first time that s been true since 2006. president announced several new members of his economic team including gene sperling, economic council a job he held during the clinton administration as well. coming up i ll speak with one of the president s top economic advisers, austan goolsbee at the white house. we ll talk about jobs the economy and much more. let s get to some people now behind the jobless numbers. people out in searching for work, desperate to try to bring a paycheck home. mary snow is with job hunters on the front lines and she s joining us now with more. mary? reporter: wolf, here in new
again. and mary snow has been with job hunters on the front line and joins us here in new york. well, wolf, thousands of people turned out to applier to jobs for a new hotel ready to open. that meant hours of waiting in freezing temperatures without any guarantees that any of it will make a difference. reporter: it is hard to find signs that the economy is improving by looking at the line that goes on and on and on. some 2,000 people waited in the cold to apply for 250 jobs and a new hotel opening in new york. it made me think of like the depression and people standing out there waiting for soup. reporter: earl newkirk waited 4 1/2 hours to get inside with more than 600 people ahead of him. once inside if anyone has an application filled out, you can step over here. reporter: more lines. the morgan s hotel held this job
others bk. does your kay dense hurt your credence? if you sown foreigny, the answer is wie which is turkish for sailor. native english speakers view folks with a foreign accent as being less trustworthy. but it is not prejudice. the study says we distrust those with accents and impediments. because they are harder to understand. for me though it is prejudice. the results will be troubling for workers and job hunters with an accent. for more let s go back to six-pack the crazy wall russ. your thoughts, six-pack. the only language he is
remember you d see people like in bars or whatever and say that guy is such a poser, right? job hunters, listen up. the way you sit before and during an interview can make all the difference. two university researchers say you can pose in certain ways to feel more powerful. just released study found these positions change a chemical output making you feel more assertive and willing to take risks. here to tell us about this study, amy cutty from the harvard business school and dana carney. you are heavy hitters. you believe this stuff to be true. professor cuttey, let s focus on this position. it s the i got it made pose. explain how it makes you feel
reporter: her computer crammed with rejections from a frustrating job hunt. i assumed it would take a month or two, maybe three. reporter: now she supports her family on unemployment benefits. $971 every two weeks. pride kept her from food stamps until her savings ran out two months ago. you re in the store and you don t want people to know. reporter: in past downturns job hunters have bounced back far more quickly. in 1976 it took under ten weeks on average. 1983, 12 weeks. 94, 10 weeks. look at this recession. nearly 26 weeks to find a job. not only does it increase the costs to society of supporting those who are unemployed, it also increases the anxiety of those who are employed, which means they re going to save more and spend less, which makes the recovery even weaker. reporter: now beverly frets about losing her home on a block dotted with others for sale, so she keeps on looking.