canaveral, florida, as to what made this town what it is. even as mcdonald s. this is a nasa town already reeling from recession and now facing the loss of 8,000 more jobs from the space agency and its many contractors like united space alliance. it was very exciting for me, very fulfilling and rewarding. reporter: after 23 years, bill bender is already out. he used to photograph the trademark booster rocket separations. it s very challenging, it s shorer than i slower than i anticipated. it concerns me, i m not as young as i was. reporter: lisa rice runs a job placement agency with a mammoth challenge. there are not 9,000 jobs here in brevard county, there just aren t. there are aren t 9,000 jobs across the region, i m not even sure there are 9,000 jobs similar in the state of florida. reporter: and a lot of those jobs are simply not going
it was very exciting for me, very fulfilling and rewarding. reporter: after 23 years, bill bender is already out. he used to photograph the trademark booster rocket separations. it s very challenging, it s shorer than i slower than i anticipated. it concerns me, i m not as young as i was. reporter: lisa rice runs a job placement agency with a mammoth challenge. there are not 9,000 jobs here in brevard county, there just aren t. there are aren t 9,000 jobs across the region, i m not even sure there are 9,000 jobs similar in the state of florida. reporter: and a lot of those jobs are simply not going to rematerialize. however, local economic leaders here are hoping to replace that nasa impact of a billion dollars in salaries to the central florida economy. hopefully, those can be absorbed by the future of private commercial space vehicles like
against the long-term unemployed. we found these ads which put it bluntly. they see their resume go into a black hole. they send out hundreds of resumes and get no response. reporter: as outrageous as the ads seem they re legal in every state except new jersey. being unemployed does not make you part of a protected class like race, gender or age. we called a job placement agency whose on-line ad included exclusion of the unemployed. you are excluding millions of americans out of work a long time. they told us that that s what many employers do. when we called the restaurant directly about their ad for a manager they told us it was a mistake. there is a stigma that, if you haven t been hired yet, why should we be talking to you? reporter: there are some basic things the long term unemployed can do to fight back. number one on the list, plug the hole in your resume. it really looks bad on your resume. you have to fill it in with something. reporter: she recommends doing volun
employed people should apply. reporter: he s right, some companies openly discriminate against the long-term unemployed. we found these ads which put it bluntly. they see their resume go into a black hole. they send out hundreds of resumes and get no response. reporter: as outrageous as the ads seem they re legal in every state except new jersey. being unemployed does not make you part of a protected class like race, gender or age. we called a job placement agency whose on-line ad included exclusion of the unemployed. you are excluding millions of americans out of work a long time. they told us that that s what many employers do. when we called the restaurant directly about their ad for a manager they told us it was a mistake. there is a stigma that, if you haven t been hired yet, why should we be talking to you? reporter: there are some basic things the long term unemployed can do to fight back. number one on the list, plug the hole in your resume. it really looks bad on