Special report: Jobless in St. Louis
Special report: Jobless in St. Louis
Post-Dispatch business writers explore the historic jobs crisis through data, experts and the lives of our neighbors.
Sep 25, 2011 | 12:15 am | Loading…
61,000 jobs lost in metro St. Louis
The stories of a diverse cross-section of displaced St. Louis workers.
Sep 25, 2011 | 12:05 am | Loading…
Nicklaus: Will 9 percent unemployment become the norm?
The economy is flawed, and it's going to take a long time to repair.
Sep 26, 2011 | 12:05 am | Loading…
Interactive: The domino effect
Click the dominoes to see how a housing crisis becomes a jobs crisis.
Sep 25, 2011 | 12:05 am
Uneven recovery creates skill mismatch, frustrating jobless, firms
Despite the downturn, health care, brokerage services and information technology are creating jobs here.
Sep 25, 2011 | 12:15 am | Loading…
Video: Jobless in St. Louis, Isabel Yerkes
Isabel Yerkes has been unable to find a job in her field since graduating from Rochester Institute of Technology in 2009. Her specialties include information technology, new media, and marketing. "I want to start a career. I want to be proud of what I do," she said.
Sep 23, 2011 | 2:27 pm | Loading…
Video: Jobless in St. Louis, Jack Hickman
Jack Hickman, an information technology specialist, 62, believes he'll never again hold down a full-time job.
Sep 23, 2011 | 2:27 pm | Loading…
Video: Jobless in St. Louis, Scott Regna
Scott Regna from St. Louis, the owner of a handyman company called Scott At Your Service, has found it tough to get enough work to support himself and provide for his two children.
Sep 23, 2011 | 3:26 pm | Loading…
Video: Jobless in St. Louis, George Batten
Watch an interview with George Batten, as he discusses the difficulties with finding a job in today's economic climate.
Sep 23, 2011 | 9:14 pm | Loading…
Video: Jobless in St. Louis, Alfreda Lewis
"I pray every morning," said Alfreda Lewis of St. Louis, who has been searching for a job after being laid off in November 2009. Lewis, who has some college education, unemployment benefits' run out in four weeks.
Sep 23, 2011 | 9:16 pm | Loading…
Interactive: Who's working, who's not
Our interactive chart explores the unemployment rate in the metro area, by race and by education level.
Sep 25, 2011 | 12:05 am | Loading…
Experts offer prescriptions for job creation
Many smart people have applied their brainpower to the question of how to pull the nation out of the ongoing jobs crisis. The answers have not come easily. We put the question to three experts in St. Louis: What should government and policymakers do — or not do — to create jobs in this ec…
Sep 25, 2011 | 12:00 am | Loading…
Five St. Louisans and their search for jobs
Upper left, from the top, Isabel Yerkes, Jack Hickman, Alfreda Smith, and George Batten. At right, Scott Regna
Sep 23, 2011 | 3:06 pm | Loading…
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