WORK - 39 percent of unemployed Americans are seeking work for 6+ months

Thirty-nine percent of unemployed Americans are experiencing long-term unemployment in the wake of the 2008 recession, which is more than double the percent unemployed more than six months but actively seeking work in 2007, according to new research about trends in long-term unemployment since the recession from the Carsey Institute at the University of New Hampshire ...

http://phys.org/news/2014-01-percent-unemployed-americans-months.htm