Job growth is sluggish partly because growth of 2.5-3% is barely above the economy's potential and labor-force growth, so it cannot reduce high unemployment; additionally job growth lags recoveries and the severity of this recession let firms make 'force adjustments' (permanent workforce reductions) that make rehiring slow.
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“people have used this opportunity to make some force adjustments in their workforce see that that here at Stanford see it at private firms and so that means it's a little hard to come back rapidly to to some of those jobs”
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