Goddamn it, I was really hoping for a 200k report.
At this point I just hope this situation is better by Summer 2014 when I'll finish grad school and re-enter the workforce.
I remember back from 2002 to 2007, whenever I needed a job I just went out and got one. It wasn't something I was particularly worried about at any point. Someone was always hiring. I got my first post-college job through a friend. It paid very well, and I was the only one who interviewed. They hired me on the spot.
This year I interviewed for an assistant director's position at a non-profit. The job ended up going to a woman in her 50's with 30 years experience in the industry. A 27 year old guy with 4 years of professional experience interviewing against someone with 30 years in the industry, for a low-level job. Things like that just shouldn't happen.
Worst is that corporate profits are so high right now, and businesses have aggregate cash reserves in the trillions. There is so much capital available to solve every problem we have, but it just doesn't flow.