Study: Job Market Still Grim

by Tamara Keith, NPR

Despite signs the job market is improving, new research suggests that few people who have been out of work for more than six months are finding jobs. A Rutgers University study finds that only one in five of the long-term unemployed have landed new jobs, and many of them are accepting lower pay and fewer benefits.

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• Morning Edition, May 4, 2010