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Janet Yellen: “Sometimes the long-term unemployed do need to acquire different skills in order to be reabsorbed into the job market.”

On the recordFebruary 26, 2014
Sometimes the long-term unemployed do need to acquire different skills in order to be reabsorbed into the job market.
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Janet Yellen
Democratic · California

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Yellen suggests skill development for the long-term unemployed.

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