In its latest update on global employment trends, the agency says projections of the number of unemployed people this year range from 210 million to nearly 240 million people.

million people who wanted and were available for work hadn't looked within the last four weeks and were no longer even classified as unemployed.

It gives a ray of hope to the unemployed

The Unemployed Man and His Family, described a family in which the husband initially reacted to losing his job "with tireless search for work.

I'm speaking to Delroy simmonds, an unemployed Brooklyn man who missed a job interview Tuesday for the best reasons.

Gregg Rosen lost his job as a sales  nearly three years ago and is still unemployed.

Directionally, they capture the trends, but the idea that we know precisely how many are unemployed is a myth.

If you say no, however, it may surprise you to learn that you are only unemployed if you've been actively looking for work in the past four weeks; otherwise, you are "marginally attached to the labor force" and not actually unemployed.

And unemployed workers face difficult odds.

Experts who monitor unemployment statistics here in Bucks County, Pennsylvania, say about 28, 000 people are unemployed, and many of them are jobless due to no fault of their own.

Gregg Rosen lost his job as a sales nearly three years ago and is still unemployed.

He thinks the best way to help the long-term unemployed is to allow private citizens to invest in local companies that can create more jobs.

Local director Elizabeth Walsh says they provide training and guidance to help unemployed workers find local job opportunities.

New research says the US recession is now over, but many people remain unemployed.

The quite dramatic unemployment figures, which we now see in some of the countries, strongly suggest that there will be greater pressure on wages in the future, as more people will be unemployed, more people will be looking for jobs and the pressure on em

There is literally only one job opening for every five unemployed workers, so four out of five unemployed workers have actually no chance of finding a new job.