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You're currently following this author! Want to unfollow? Unsubscribe via the link in your email. Yvette Berman thought she would spend the rest of her career at the IT consulting firm where she ...

The American job market is behaving in a way that economists are struggling to explain. The economy is growing. Unemployment is low. And yet, for millions of workers, finding a job has become harder ...