Unemployment Rate Drop for First Time in 15 Months

Is America’s Great Recession ending? Perhaps.

Employers eased up on layoffs last month, cutting only 247,000 jobs, the fewest in 12 months, and the unemployment rate dropped to 9.4 percent, its first downward movement in 15 months.

The news was much better than expected and could indicate that the recession is finally drawing to a close.

Analysts were forecasting job losses to slow to about 320,000 and the unemployment rate to hike up to 9.6 percent.

That’s great news, folks! Hey, that means that even THESE people might be able to get a job…

11 Classic Resume Blunders

1. “Career break in 1999 to renovate my horse”
2. “1990 – 1997: Stewardess – Royal Air Force”
3. Hobbies: “enjoy cooking Chinese and Italians”
4. “Service for old man to check they are still alive or not.”
5. Cleaning skills: “bleaching, pot washing, window cleaning, mopping, e.t.c”
6. “Job involved…counselling clientele on accidental insurance policies available”
7. “2001 summer Voluntary work for taking care of the elderly and vegetable people”
8. “I’m intrested to here more about that. I’m working today in a furniture factory as a drawer”
9. “I am about to enrol on a Business and Finance Degree with the Open University. I feel that this qualification will prove detrimental to me for future success.”
10. “Time is very valuable and it should be always used to achieve optimum results and I believe it should not be played around with”
11. “I belive that weakness is the first level of strength, given the right attitude and driving force. My school advised me to fix my punctuality…”