In April, professional services added 73,000 workers; bars and restaurants hired 38,000 people; and the retail business generated 29,000 jobs.
The sluggish pace of hiring since the end of the Great Recession in mid-2009 is a big reason why the U.S. is expanding at a rate well below the norm at this stage of a recovery. The unemployment rate is an even larger 13.9%, up from 13.8% in March, if everyone who wants a full-time job but can’t find one is included.
What’s worse, some 4.4 million people have been unable to find a job in the past six months, a number that’s still quite high by historically standards. The longer those people stay out of work the more their skills erode, making them less attractive to employers.
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