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Whenever it is in any way possible, every boy and girl should choose as his life work some occupation which he should like to do anyhow, even if he did not need the money. - William Lyon Phelps (1865-1943)

How can Obama solve long-term unemployment? By Tami Luhby @CNNMoney August 21, 2011: 9:11 AM ET NEW YORK (CNNMoney) -- Want to help the long-term unemployed, President Obama? Subsidize their paychecks, experts say.

Hiring surges in December, buoys economic outlook (Reuters) - The number of U.S. private-sector jobs surged in December at a rate three times stronger than forecast, a hiring report showed, the most bullish signal in months that a recovery in the world's biggest economy is shifting up a gear. The ADP Employer Services private-sector jobs report logged its biggest-ever rise on Wednesday. It comes two days ahead of the U.S. government's closely watched and more comprehensive payrolls report for December, spurring many economists to raise their forecasts for that data. ......

2011: Happy New Job! NEW YORK (CNNMoney) -- "Hire more workers" appears to be a popular New Year's resolution for employers this year. Economists are raising their forecasts for employment growth, as various job readings are suggesting that the long-awaited hiring boom may finally be here -- or at least near. "http://money.cnn.com/2011/01/05/news/economy/jobs_outlook/index.htm