Upswing? What upswing?

Pollyannas such as Bill Safire must be looking at this 404 page when saying everything is about to bounce back.

The fact is, even in industries (such as mine) where there is usually more demand than supply, the jobs are unusually scarce and hard to come by this year, which does not bode well for our economic recovery in the short term. If anything, I suspect we'll be stuck in a jobless recovery for a while to come.