The jobless: in their own words [View All]

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By The Associated Press Fri Jun 6, 5:14 PM ET

At a PA CareerLink office in downtown Philadelphia, Michael Shane Simmons was checking his e-mail, waiting to hear back about a job with a city summer arts program.

"I'm down to my last pack of hot dogs and beans at home," said Simmons, who has been out of work for three years after being laid off from his job at a mental health facility, where he lived with two mentally ill men as a caregiver.

"I just try to keep persevering," said Simmons, 47. "I know it's going to turn around sooner or later."

Monica True, 27, of Tulsa, Okla., has been out of work for five months after leaving her job as a waitress because she couldn't make enough money to support her three young children.

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Sad stories!