Help Wanted

Red In The Face

The Brian Lehrer Show | Jul 30, 2011

Job boards include help-wanted ads for which the unemployed need not apply. Catherine Rampell of The New York Times explains how states and Congress are taking steps against these kinds of ads and takes your calls on the job search. Plus: an update on negotiations as the debt ceiling deadline draws near; and the concept of humiliation. 

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