Though a spike in employment occurred last month, experts contend that the job market is becoming more and more difficult to enter. Slow economic times and general trends in business practices have led to both fewer new hires and shorter term employment. For the 8 million unemployed in the United States, experts predict that finding a job will be more difficult than ever in the future.
See "Employment Jump Masks Deeper Ills In U.S. Job Market", Reuters, The New York Times, May 11, 2005