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&lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;MARGIN: 0in 0in 10pt&quot;&gt;&lt;font face=&quot;Arial&quot; size=&quot;2&quot;&gt;Everyone has tracked the monthly and yearly unemployment numbers, rising scarily upward like the water in a toilet getting ready to overflow.&lt;span style=&quot;mso-spacerun: yes&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/span&gt;But the 7.2% number that&#39;s been recently quoted isn&#39;t really what it appears to be.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;MARGIN: 0in 0in 10pt&quot;&gt;&lt;font face=&quot;Arial&quot;&gt;&lt;font size=&quot;2&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;mso-spacerun: yes&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;Mark Twain popularized the phrase, &quot;There are three kinds of lies: lies, damned lies, and statistics,&quot; implying that numbers can mean almost anything you want them to.&lt;span style=&quot;mso-spacerun: yes&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/span&gt;In this case, let&#39;s pick apart the 7.2%, which reflects the ranks of the unemployed in every category.&lt;span style=&quot;mso-spacerun: yes&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/span&gt;According to &lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font face=&quot;Arial&quot; size=&quot;2&quot;&gt;CNNMoney.com&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font face=&quot;Arial&quot; size=&quot;2&quot;&gt;, considering only those persons with a four-year college degree effectively drops this to 3.3%.&lt;span style=&quot;mso-spacerun: yes&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/span&gt;Granted, that&#39;s an increase of 65% over where it stood over 2006-2007 (2.0%), but still a far cry from the largest figure.&lt;span style=&quot;mso-spacerun: yes&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/span&gt;Also, the total has been greatly lifted by layoffs that have disproportionately affected the manufacturing and construction industries (in which unemployment rates are 10% and 13%, respectively). &lt;span style=&quot;mso-spacerun: yes&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;Energy, technology, health care and pharmaceutical employers haven&#39;t suffered anywhere near as much -- reportedly, those industries are all still expanding, though perhaps at a more modest pace than before.&lt;span style=&quot;mso-spacerun: yes&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;mso-spacerun: yes&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;Further, for those individuals with the right education, green technology -- anything involving environmental engineering or planning -- right now looks like a great sector in which to search. &lt;span style=&quot;mso-spacerun: yes&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;(If you&#39;d like more details on what it&#39;s like to work in any of those areas, check out &lt;/font&gt;&lt;font face=&quot;Arial&quot; size=&quot;2&quot;&gt;Vault&#39;s Industry Overviews&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font face=&quot;Arial&quot;&gt;&lt;font size=&quot;2&quot;&gt;.) &lt;span style=&quot;mso-spacerun: yes&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;mso-spacerun: yes&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;MARGIN: 0in 0in 10pt&quot;&gt;&lt;font face=&quot;Arial&quot; size=&quot;2&quot;&gt;Geography is also a big factor in landing a new job; obviously, the biggest metro areas are the best places to be.&lt;span style=&quot;mso-spacerun: yes&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/span&gt;But there are still marked differences in a job hunter&#39;s prospects depending on where he&#39;s located.&lt;span style=&quot;mso-spacerun: yes&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/span&gt;The Ladders, which caters to $100,000+ managers, has compiled jobs data on 10 major cities that reads like an oddsmaker&#39;s book in Vegas:&lt;span style=&quot;mso-spacerun: yes&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/span&gt;The ratio of executive candidates to openings is a desirable 3-to-1 in San Francisco and Washington D.C. and rises to 7-to-1 for Austin, Chicago and L.A. &lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;MARGIN: 0in 0in 10pt&quot;&gt;&lt;font face=&quot;Arial&quot;&gt;&lt;font size=&quot;2&quot;&gt;Executive recruiters have discovered small signs that a recovery is just around the next bend, waiting to gain momentum.&lt;span style=&quot;mso-spacerun: yes&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/span&gt;The Ladders reported that during the last quarter of 2008, some 400 companies sought to attract new talent through the organization. &lt;span style=&quot;mso-spacerun: yes&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;And ExecuNet&#39;s monthly poll of headhunters found that between November and December, those who said they saw signs that hiring activity was increasing jumped from 26% to 40%. &lt;span style=&quot;mso-spacerun: yes&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;mso-spacerun: yes&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;MARGIN: 0in 0in 10pt&quot;&gt;&lt;font face=&quot;Arial&quot; size=&quot;2&quot;&gt;So, the moral of this story is, keep the faith.&lt;span style=&quot;mso-spacerun: yes&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/span&gt;It&#39;s always darkest before the dawn.&lt;span style=&quot;mso-spacerun: yes&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/span&gt;And take everything you read in the news with a grain of skepticism.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;MARGIN: 0in 0in 10pt&quot;&gt;&lt;?xml:namespace prefix=&quot;o&quot; ns=&quot;urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office&quot;?&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;font face=&quot;Arial&quot; size=&quot;2&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;&amp;nbsp;--Posted by Todd Obolsky, Vault Staff Writer&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;MARGIN: 0in 0in 10pt&quot;&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;font face=&quot;Calibri&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;MARGIN: 0in 0in 10pt&quot;&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;font face=&quot;Calibri&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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