faces of the unemployed

Like probably most every out-of-work person, Barbara Egbert has a backup plan for when her unemployment benefits expire and she's out of money: Starbucks, McDonald's, temporary office work or some such "emergency job."While working an average of 20 hours a week since being laid off twice in the...

After a little more than two years of looking for a full-time job, Doug Neeper of Walnut Creek, CA., is being more frugal than ever before.A former executive in financial planning and analysis who is slowly seeing his savings evaporate, Neeper and his wife -- who was laid off in March -- have...

Joel Rubinstein, who lost his full-time job more than a year ago, recently found the 11.5% unemployment rate in California coming around in an odd circle to his front door.His roommate in a condo he shared in Richmond, Calif., was selling the condo and moving because he had recently lost his job.So...