Some long term unemployed are finding jobs

[Liberal_in_LA]

After more than two years of being unemployed, Steve Kelley, 63, found work as a construction superintendent in Richland, Wash.

After years on sidelines, work feels good to them
Long-term unemployed re-enter workforce with relief, resolve

Call them lucky. Call them persistent. But don’t call them unemployed anymore.

As the economy slowly hobbles back to health, some long-term jobseekers are finally getting the thing they and millions of others have dreamed of, in some cases for years: a job.

“I’m having a chance to grow again and come back. That’s what my wife and I are saying — 2011 is the year of the comeback. We just don’t look back,” said Steve Kelley, 63, who recently returned to work as a construction superintendent after more than two years of unemployment.

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/41371818/ns/business-eye_on_the_economy/

[Dawson Leery]

1. The VAST MAJORITY of people are not lazy "worthless eaters"

as the right wing supply side reprobates have smeared the people to be.

[WhaTHellsgoingonhere]

2. LOL! I was beginning to feel like a super schmuck, until I read this...

As of December, 30 percent of unemployed people, or about 4.2 million people, had been out of work at least a year, according to a recent report from The Pew Charitable Trusts. That’s the highest percentage since World War II, according to Pew.

More power to you, Steve and Gary!

:thumbsup:

[CaliforniaPeggy]

3. How very cool!

I'm glad he found work. And, I'm glad to hear Richland is growing...

I lived there for a while as a child...

Good times...