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12 Nov 2009 10:40

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U.S.: Unemployment sucks. Obama’s reacting. Time for a jobs summit!

  • Is that kind of like a job fair? Feeling the pressure of a 10.2% unemployment rate and facing criticism that his policies aren’t creating jobs, Obama is trying something new. A jobs summit. Just bring your resume to the White House this December, and Obama finds you a job, personally. (Make sure you’re wearing a nice suit – no suit, no job.) That’s how it works, right? source

15 Mar 2009 21:46

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Biz, U.S.: Job-seekers take themselves out to the ballpark, en masse

  • 10,000 potential employees surrounded Dodger Stadium in L.A. looking for a job this weekend
  • 80 employers were there, and we’re guessing they didn’t each hire 125 people source