More Americans Job Hunting for Months as Hiring Slows

After losing her job in November 2024, Anna Whitlock, an experienced network infrastructure project manager, remains unemployed nearly a year later, reflecting a troubling trend in the U.S. job market where long-term unemployment has risen to 1.9 million, despite a low overall unemployment rate of 4.3%, as hiring slows and discouragement grows among job seekers.

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