News Summary

• In a sluggish hiring environment, people who are unemployed are taking longer to find new jobs.
• In many cases, unemployment benefits run out long before people return to work.
• Of the more than 7 million unemployed people in the country, nearly 2 million have been out of work for six months or more.
• u.s. employers added just 29,000 jobs last month; that's one job for every 244 unemployed workers."It's impacting your life in a big, big way," says Cheryl Huff.