ILO: World unemployment numbers to hit record high in 2013

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JOBLESS. The International Labor Organization expects a record number of unemployed people in 2013
Five years after the global financial crisis hit, unemployment numbers continue to soar, with a record 202 million people worldwide expected to be officially jobless in 2013. According to the International Labor Organization’s (ILO) annual report on global employment trends jobless numbers rose by 4 million to 197 million in 2012 close to the all-time record of 199 million reached at the height of the global financial crisis in 2009. Young people have been especially hard-hit by the expanding jobless trend, ILO points out that there are currently some 73.8 million youths, aged 15 to 24, without work worldwide.


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