U.S. Lost 36,000 Jobs in February, Unemployment Rate Unchanged

Keep sending out those resumes, guys — things aren’t much worse than they were a month ago. And judging by the numbers, it might pay off to don a professional getup and head to the local temp agency.

The prospect of landing a job in media or anywhere else remained largely unchanged in February, according to today’s report by the Bureau of Labor Statistics. The national jobless rate held at 9.7%, and the total number of unemployed people came in at 14.9

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