The Labor department recently reported that only 96,000 jobs have been added to the economy and that while unemployment has dropped to 8.1%, it is because many people have stopped looking for work. Although this marks the 43rd consecutive month of 8% unemployment in the United States, the ManpowerGroup, an employment services firm, offers a glimmer of hope in a recent survey they took of over 18,000 employers in one hundred metropolitan areas throughout all fifty states. Their survey showed that in the three month period ending in December, 17% of the surveyed employers expect to increase their staff levels while only 9% are planning to decrease.

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