May 2010 Job Outlook

The month of May brought mixed news on the jobs front

July 20, 2010 RSS Feed Print
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According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, there were 1.9 million layoffs in May--up from 1.8 million layoffs in April--but there were 2.3 million layoffs in May 2009. And more people were hired last month than they were in April. Click around below to take a closer look at the data.

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