Government Reports 80,000 Jobs Lost In March

Employee Development Department employee Robert Mortensen (C) helps Jason DiMatteo (R) with his resume at the Marin Employment Connection April 4, 2008 in San Rafael, California. The Labor Department announced Friday that the national unemployment rate rose to 5.1 percent and nearly 80,000 jobs were cut in March as worries of a recession grow.
Employee Development Department employee Robert Mortensen (C) helps Jason DiMatteo (R) with his resume at the Marin Employment Connection April 4, 2008 in San Rafael, California. The Labor Department announced Friday that the national unemployment rate rose to 5.1 percent and nearly 80,000 jobs were cut in March as worries of a recession grow.
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Jason DiMatteo (R) uses a free phone to call about a job listing at the Marin Employment Connection April 4, 2008 in San Rafael, California. The Labor Department announced Friday that the national unemployment rate rose to 5.1 percent and nearly 80,000 jobs were cut in March as worries of a recession grow. Job-seekers surf the internet for employment opportunities in the resource center at one of the Mayor's Office of Workforce Development centers April 4, 2008 in Chicago, Illinois. The resource center provides free internet services, telephones, copy and fax machines to aid people in their search for employment. Employers cut 80,000 jobs in March, the most in five years. Fredrick Kendrick uses a computer to search for job listings in the resource center at one of the Mayor's Office of Workforce Development centers April 4, 2008 in Chicago, Illinois. The resource center provides free internet services, telephones, copy and fax machines to aid people in their search for employment. Employers cut 80,000 jobs in March, the most in five years. Employee Development Department employee Robert Mortensen (R) helps Jason DiMatteo (L) with his resume at the Marin Employment Connection April 4, 2008 in San Rafael, California. The Labor Department announced Friday that the national unemployment rate rose to 5.1 percent and nearly 80,000 jobs were cut in March as worries of a recession grow.
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