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According to CareerBuilder.com, an online jobs site that surveyed more than 2,700 hiring managers and human resource professionals, one-fifth of employers plan to add full-time, permanent employees next year, up from 14 per cent in 2009.
Just 9 per cent said they plan to cut head count in 2010, down from 16 per cent in 2009, according to the nationwide survey.

According to the Labor Department people receiving unemployment benefits increased by 170,000 for the week ending in 7 February and reached a record number of 4.99 million. If another 1.5 million people collecting benefits under an extended unemployment compensation program, the total number of people receiving unemployment benefits reaches 6.54 million.