US jobless rate down to 9.7% in January, five month low

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The jobless rate in the US has dropped to 9.7%, marking a five-month low. The new figures suggest the labour market is improving, despite employers unexpectedly cutting 20,000 jobs in January. Read full article

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Vanessa
Even though unemployment went down in January, there's an interesting piece from Julian Alssid at the Workforce Strategy Center about how America’s workforce remains ill-prepared to compete with the world... 
 
http://workforcedev.typepad.com/workforcedev/2010/02/unemployment-american-workforce.html 
 
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