Adventures in Unemployment

"The average U.S. unemployment spell now lasts nearly 37 weeks. The longer a person is out of work, the less likely they are to find a job, regardless of background. While the overall unemployment rate for people with a college degree is 4.2 percent, compared with 14.2 percent for people who don’t have a high school diploma, high school dropouts and college grads are equally represented among the million-plus who’ve been out of work for at least 99 weeks, according to the Congressional Research Service."