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In The News …
� California’s December jobless rate was 12.5% second only to Nevada
and worse than Michigan, which is now No. 3 (LA Times, Jan 2011)
� A recent survey illustrates increased hiring and a shortage of qualified
applicants for manufacturing and distribution companies (McGladrey National
Survey, Q3 2010)
� … employers complain that they cannot fill their openings. Plenty of
people are applying for the jobs. The problem, the companies say, is
a mismatch between the kind of skilled workers needed and the ranks
of the unemployed. (New York Times, July 2010)
� California is grappling with one of the most troubling contradictions of
the new economy: Even as it has one of the nation's highest
unemployment rates, it has thousands of job openings due to a
mismatch in openings and worker skills. (Washington Post, February 2011)
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